Re: problem with count (*) max (*) min (*)

2001-09-07 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 09:28:28AM +0200, Antonio Ortega Sancho wrote: >I'm trying to do select count (*) from table. but it doesn't work > > ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '(*) from pendientes' > at line 1 > > Same happens with max (column) and min (column). >

Re: C API mysql client

2001-09-03 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 06:18:34PM +, ahmed wrote: > please can you give me a cooorect programme source using C APIs > mysql to acces mysql database http://www.dataloss.nl/software/dteq/ is such a thing. Greetz, Peter -- Monopolyhttp://www.dataloss.nl/monopoly.html ---

[mysql@lists.mysql.com: Re: Re: Replication: Push by Master or Pop by Slaves ?]

2001-08-30 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 12:44:46PM +0200, Claudio Cicali wrote: [snip] > Here, seems that are the slaves that pop data from master. > So where is the truth ? Is the master that pushes or the slaves the pops ? > Or it is a combination of the two ? In normal operation, the master pushes to the slav

Re: check if an index exists?

2001-08-17 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:32:05AM -0700, Christopher Teli wrote: > > How can I check if an index exists on a table??? > Is there some where I can query the admin tables? 'DESCRIBE tablename' or 'SHOW COLUMNS FROM tablename'. Figure out where it says 'index' for yourself :) (since I don't know e

Re: WANTED: Utility to reverse engineer existing database

2001-08-06 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 04:57:41PM -0400, Kevin wrote: > > I need a utility that will probe my existing mysql database, analyze the 90+ > tables and spit out the data definition language (create table, create > index, etc.) needed to recreate the database. Does such a utility exist? Tried mysql

Re: Placing directory structure under GNU GPL

2001-07-31 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 06:48:07PM +0400, System Administrator wrote: > I wonder whether the default directory structure of all future mysql > releases could also be GPL'led. That would prevent others from placing > the releases on directories of their own choice. The GPL does not impose any rest

Re: mysql and credit cards

2001-07-25 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 07:12:17PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: [snip] > 'encryption'? Hmm, how about: none? If you don't need to reconstruct > the cc#, md5 will be good. Indeed. That is however rarely the case with credit card numbers. > However, if you need to reconstruct it, nothing is saf

Re: Unknown column in 'where clause' error

2001-06-18 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 02:44:00PM -0400, Shrout, Ryan wrote: > Here is the full error I am getting when running the query included: > > Failed Query: SELECT * FROM customers WHERE Customer_No = CMET3558539239 > 1054 : Unknown column 'CMET3558539239' in 'where clause' > Here's the problem, I know

Re: Question about order by rand()

2001-06-13 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 03:25:55PM -0600, Matt Heaton wrote: > I can't seem to find a specificatoin on order by rand() and have a question. > > Lets say a table has 10,000 rows in it, and I want to get one row that > matches > > so I do a > > select * from table where number=1 order by rand() l

Re: one way encryption for a 16 digits string

2001-06-13 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 02:14:48PM -0700, samuel wrote: > Hi, > I need a one way encryption for a 16 digits string. > let's call $string the clear string, and e($string) the encypted string. > > I need e($string) to give always the same result for any $string, > and I need e($string1) != e ($stri

Re: I'm after an mysql_info() example

2001-06-01 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 09:26:08PM +1000, Howard Picken wrote: > After reading the manual and doing vaious searchs around > the net, I'm damned if I can work out the syntax for > mysql_info(). > > Could anyone give me an example please? In what programming language? Greetz, Peter.

Re: telnet MySQL

2001-05-14 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 07:26:44AM -0700, Shtykh Roman wrote: > When I try to telnet MySQL which uses port 3030 as > below: > telnet grdmss57 3030 > I get : > Trying 163.143.156.38... > Connected to grdmss57.u-aizu.ac.jp. > Escape character is '^]'. > ( > 3.23.38jN(xIDWiConnection closed by foreig

Re: Database (Recursion and Factorials)

2001-05-14 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 09:32:05AM -0400, lkeeton wrote: [snip] > how does it take place. For instance in this example I pass 5 it then gets to > the line below and evaluates value = 5 * factorial(5-1)-> right there that > tells me to call the function again and pass it 4 then when I get to the

Re: Mysql commands from Linux shell

2001-04-21 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:03:22PM -0300, Fabio Galarraga wrote: > Hi to all: > I have a linux script and I need it can execute some mysql commands. > Is it possible? If possible, how? http://www.dataloss.nl/dteq/ (you probably want to disable DEBUGging in the Makefile). Greetz, Peter. ---