----- Original Message ----- From: "Fredrick Bartlett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:08 PM Subject: Extract MySQL Version
> I use the following to extract the version number. But it throws an error on > newer version 5.xx. It works on version 4.0 and below. > > SELECT SUBSTRING(VERSION(),1,LOCATE("-",VERSION())-1) AS VERSION > > On version 5.0.1-alpha-nt-log I get an error... > Illegal mix of collations > (utf8_general_ci,IMPLICIT)and(latin1_SWEEDIH_CI,coercible) for operation > 'locate' > > Is this problem by design? > Try spelling SWEEDISH correctly and see if that helps. You left out the second 'S' in 'SWEEDISH_CI' ;-) Rhino -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]