RE: Another basic question - index()

2001-11-28 Thread Norman L. Smith
> > What is the exact difference between > this > index(col1,col2). > that > index(col1),index(col2). > and this > index(col1),index(col2),index(col1,col2). > > I read in the manual about it, but it's not really clear about the way > to should be used / created. > > Any sql pseudo-teacher in h

RE: nonstandard meaning of "KEY" in MySQL?

2001-11-15 Thread Norman L. Smith
ique record." ...to read "An index is conceptually a container of keys arranged in such a way that each entry in the index refers to a unique record." Its so easy to mis-communicate. Peace, Norman L. Smith --

RE: nonstandard meaning of "KEY" in MySQL?

2001-11-15 Thread Norman L. Smith
query language for requesting information from a database. The original version called SEQUEL (structured English query language) was designed by an IBM research center in 1974 and 1975. SQL was first introduced as a commercial database system in 1979 by O

RE: Hash Tables / Indexes

2001-11-13 Thread Norman L. Smith
mmerical sources. I have not researched this subject recently but I am sure that there are many "search engine" solutions to be found. If you want to "roll your own" I suspect you won't go wrong using MySQL. Regards, Norman L. Smith

RE: Hash Tables / Indexes

2001-11-13 Thread Norman L. Smith
adapted, network model databases often used hashing for indexing. Hashing is still used in those special cases where it is the best solution. See "7.6.11.3 Adaptive hash indexes" in the MySQL Manual. I don't think that you can directly take advantage of hashing in MySQL. Wit

RE: Mysql Innodb data files

2001-11-09 Thread Norman L. Smith
> From: Demirchyan Oganes > > Hello everyone, > > I have a question with regards to the InnoDB data files. > I have the following in my.ini file. > > innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:200M > innodb_data_home_dir = c:/innodb_data > > I just want to know the following. Does it mean that I have > 200

MySQL Illegal Instruction

2001-11-01 Thread Norman L. Smith
>Description: Install from RPM failed 'Problems running mysql_install_db' Any attempt to start gets illegal instruction.. [root@elmo root]# Starting mysqld-max daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql /usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 278: 1381 Illegal instruction $NOHUP_NICENESS $l edir/$MYSQLD $de