Re: DATETIME vs CHAR for "timestamp"

2017-04-24 Thread SSC_perl
> On Apr 14, 2017, at 1:07 PM, shawn l.green wrote: > > That all depends. Do you... Hi Shawn, I thought I had replied to your response, but it looks like I didn’t. Thank you for your email. It was a thorough response and the links were very helpful, as well. I’ve settled on both DA

Re: DATETIME vs CHAR for "timestamp"

2017-04-14 Thread shawn l.green
On 4/14/2017 3:11 PM, SSC_perl wrote: I have creation date/time fields in my script that are formatted as |MM|DD|hh|mm|ss. Short of changing the script, should I set the field type in MySQL to DATETIME, or would it be better in terms of speed and efficiency to set it as char(19)

Re: datetime type conversion problem

2007-05-29 Thread Rob Desbois
Ah ok I rechecked the documentation for BETWEEN which includes additional information not mentioned on the type conversion page: For best results when using BETWEEN with date or time values, you should use CAST() to explicitly convert the values to the desired data type. Examples: If you compare

Re: datetime type conversion problem

2007-05-29 Thread Rob Desbois
Thanks for the replies all (and for the blog link - one to add to my feeds I think). Yes I spotted that adding the leading zero to the month yields the correct result here, but I think I know why. If you imagine BETWEEN using a string comparison here then the results for with and without leading

RE: datetime type conversion problem

2007-05-29 Thread Fred Ballard
Everything seems to go fine for me if I change the two 2007-3-23 to 2007-03-23. Fred -Original Message- From: Rob Desbois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:02 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: datetime type conversion problem I am having issues with type conve

Re: datetime type conversion problem

2007-05-29 Thread Baron Schwartz
Hi Rob, Rob Desbois wrote: I am having issues with type conversion not working as expected per the documentation. I am using in MySQL 5.0.27 for x86/Windows. The documentation at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/type-conversion.html states that for comparison operators "If one of the argu

Re: datetime type conversion problem

2007-05-29 Thread Chris
I'm not sure specifically why it's acting the way it is, but it looks like it's converting your date strings slightly differently depending on how you use them. If you properly pad the month out in the two strings it seems to work. SELECT '2007-05-24 00:00:00' BETWEEN ('2007-03-23' - INTERVAL

Re: datetime issue on MySQL 4.x

2006-07-12 Thread Gerald L. Clark
Willy wrote: Hello, I have a MyISAM table: CREATE TABLE `dlr` ( `msisdn` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', `source` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', `operator_id` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', `sms_message` longtext NOT NULL, `smsc_id` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', `sms_id` varc

Re: datetime issue on MySQL 4.x (SOLVED)

2006-07-11 Thread Willy
Hello, I have solved this problem, thanks. Regards Willy - Original Message - From: Willy To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:55 AM Subject: datetime issue on MySQL 4.x Hello, I have a MyISAM table: CREATE TABLE `dlr` ( `msisdn` varchar(20

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-07 Thread Ben Clewett
Thanks for the information. I agree with what you say. There is just one comment I'd like to make. You are right that the TIMESTAMP has a specific range. I am comparing it to a date outside that range. This could cause problems. But I strongly believe that the SQL user, who in many cases i

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread Michael Stassen
Ben Clewett wrote: > C# has two DateTime constants: > > DateTime.MinValue = '0001-01-01 00:00:00.000' > DateTime.MaxValue = '-12-31 23:59:59.999' > > > MySQL really doesn't like these values, it shows warnings: > > +-+--+-+

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread Chris W
Ben Clewett wrote: (I know that TIMESTAMP has a far smaller date range than DATETIME. But all our data has to be time-zone independent. Therefore TIMESTAMP is the only field appropriate for our use.) try and see if this works SELECT * FROM a WHERE cast(t as datetime) > '0001-01-

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread Ben Clewett
Hi Barry, > Well removing 'explicit' warnings for every user having problems with > 3rd party modules would have mysql without any warnings nowadays ;) > > i think that your mono should get more stable. I completely take this on board. This is a bug outside MySQL. Warnings are very useful. Wh

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread Barry
Ben Clewett schrieb: Hi Barry, This is what I get: mysql> CREATE TABLE a ( t TIMESTAMP ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.25 sec) mysql> SELECT * FROM a WHERE t > '0001-01-01 00:00:00'; Empty set, 1 warning (0.00 sec) mysql> SHOW WARNINGS; +-+--+--

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread Barry
Ben Clewett schrieb: Hi Barry, This will happen when comparing against a TIMESTAMP field. CREATE TABLE a ( t TIMESTAMP ); SELECT * FROM a WHERE t > '0001-01-01 00:00:00'; Well my msql doesn't give me any errors using that query. neither a warning. This "might" be a problem with windows. Wi

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread Ben Clewett
Hi Barry, This is what I get: mysql> CREATE TABLE a ( t TIMESTAMP ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.25 sec) mysql> SELECT * FROM a WHERE t > '0001-01-01 00:00:00'; Empty set, 1 warning (0.00 sec) mysql> SHOW WARNINGS; +-+--+

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread JamesDR
Duncan Hill wrote: On Tuesday 06 June 2006 15:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Well my msql doesn't give me any errors using that query. neither a warning. Ditto. usemysql> use test; Database changed mysql> CREATE TABLE a ( t TIMESTAMP ); Query OK, 0 rows affect

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread cknipe
Quoting Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ben Clewett schrieb: > > Hi Barry, > > > > This will happen when comparing against a TIMESTAMP field. > > > > CREATE TABLE a ( t TIMESTAMP ); > > > > SELECT * FROM a WHERE t > '0001-01-01 00:00:00'; > > > > Well my msql doesn't give me any errors using tha

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread Duncan Hill
On Tuesday 06 June 2006 15:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Well my msql doesn't give me any errors using that query. > > neither a warning. > > Ditto. > > usemysql> use test; > Database changed > mysql> CREATE TABLE a ( t TIMESTAMP ); > Query OK, 0 rows affecte

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread Ben Clewett
Hi Barry, This will happen when comparing against a TIMESTAMP field. CREATE TABLE a ( t TIMESTAMP ); SELECT * FROM a WHERE t > '0001-01-01 00:00:00'; I understand that TIMESTAMP cannot handle this date. But I would hope to be able to compare against this date without MySQL giving the warnin

Re: DateTime limits

2006-06-06 Thread Barry
Ben Clewett schrieb: To whom it may concern, I'm involved in lots of C# coding with several coders. I have a gripe with MySQL which may be easy to solve in future development. C# has two DateTime constants: DateTime.MinValue = '0001-01-01 00:00:00.000' DateTime.MaxValue = '-12-31

Re: DATETIME columns and indexing

2005-11-22 Thread SGreen
"Jonathan Mangin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/22/2005 10:37:00 AM: > (I used to have separate date/time cols. in all tables > but changed them to datetime and buggered up some stuff. > Now I'm trying to find the best way to fix this.) > > If I have an indexed datetime column (`date`), and sa

Re: datetime/timestamps/4.1.12

2005-07-19 Thread Gleb Paharenko
Hello. According to the output of mysqld --help --verbose these variables (date_format and datetime_format) don't work yet, they're exists for future purposes. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mike, > Have you tried creating a new table with a field for some sort of date? > Try adding som

RE: datetime/timestamps/4.1.12

2005-07-17 Thread sam . deforest
Mike, Have you tried creating a new table with a field for some sort of date? Try adding some data and see if the new date time format you specified in the my.cnf file. See if that works. -sam > Hello, > > Nevermind - duh -datetime is not timestamp (oneday I fullfill my promise > to myself and n

RE: datetime/timestamps/4.1.12

2005-07-17 Thread DePhillips, Michael P
Hello, Nevermind - duh -datetime is not timestamp (oneday I fullfill my promise to myself and not work on Sundays when my 'duh' level is a bit higher). Sofrom what I gather, the backward compatibility comes in the form of adding a +0 (string to int). This is most inconvenient and annoy

Re: dateTime vrs. Timestamp

2005-04-05 Thread Jigal van Hemert
From: "DePhillips, Michael P" > Am I gaining anything by using a timestamp instead of using dateTime and > calling now(), for example, increased performance, better indexing, etc. > I guess another way to ask this is does the MySQL internals handle a > timestamp more efficiently than a dateTime. I

RE: dateTime vrs. Timestamp

2005-04-05 Thread J.R. Bullington
IMO, dateTime doesn't parse now() the same way that timeStamp does. If you use now() in a dateTime field, I have found that it doesn't always write the time to the record, while using now() with the timestamp always does. As far as your other questions, the indexing and increased performance, I ha

Re: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-21 Thread Michael Stassen
Pintér Tibor (tibyke) wrote: Select * from where date > _2005-01-07_ and date < DATE_ADD(_2005-01-07_, INTERVAL 24 HOUR) However is there a simpler way of doing it by just passing one date like Select * from where date = _2005-01-07_ you may also go for "... WHERE year(foo)=a AND month(foo)=b AN

Re: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-21 Thread Harald Fuchs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Pete Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > Is there a simpler way of doing a select for a given date, for instance if I > have a datetime field called date > And so its populated with a load of values such as > 2005-01-07 09:00 > 2005-01-07 10:00 > 200

Re: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-21 Thread tibyke
> Select * from where date > _2005-01-07_ and date < > DATE_ADD(_2005-01-07_, INTERVAL 24 HOUR) > > However is there a simpler way of doing it by just passing one date like > > Select * from where date = _2005-01-07_ you may also go for "... WHERE year(foo)=a AND month(foo)=b AND dayofmonth(f

RE: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-20 Thread Pete Moran
Thanks Michael, This way works fine anyway was just interested if there was a better way of doing it. Pete -Original Message- From: Michael Stassen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 21 March 2005 4:07 PM To: Pete Moran Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: DateTime Select

Re: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-20 Thread Michael Stassen
vid Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 148 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -Original Message- From: Pete Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 21 March 2005 11:22 AM To: Logan, David (SST - Adelaide

Re: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-20 Thread Michael Stassen
Pete Moran wrote: Hi All, Is there a simpler way of doing a select for a given date, for instance if I have a datetime field called date And so its populated with a load of values such as 2005-01-07 09:00 2005-01-07 10:00 2005-01-07 11:00 2005-01-07 12:00 If I wanted all records which fall on 200

RE: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-20 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
: Monday, 21 March 2005 11:22 AM To: Logan, David (SST - Adelaide) Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: DateTime Select optimised Will try with the partial index, Comparing the two without it is as follows Using Like mysql> explain select count(*) from trip where

RE: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-20 Thread Pete Moran
Adelaide) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 21 March 2005 11:43 AM To: Pete Moran Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: DateTime Select optimised I would investigate a partial index perhaps on the date only? You could index on just the date eg. ALTER TABLE ADD INDEX (date(10)); I don't ha

RE: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-20 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
To: Logan, David (SST - Adelaide); mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: DateTime Select optimised The table is indexed on the date field, doing a 'like' results in a table scan, is there another way similar principal but would allow the indexes to be used ? -Original Message- Fro

RE: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-20 Thread Pete Moran
M To: Pete Moran; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: DateTime Select optimised SELECT * FROM WHERE date LIKE '2005-01-07%'; David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 148 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 -

RE: DateTime Select optimised

2005-03-20 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
SELECT * FROM WHERE date LIKE '2005-01-07%'; David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 148 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -Original Message- From: Pete Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon

Re: DateTime ISO format not accepted in Myql 4.1.7

2004-12-14 Thread Dmitri Lenev
Hi, Jan! --- Jan Pfeifer wrote: --- > hi all, > > I've just upgraded one of the replicate servers from 4.0.22 to 4.1.7, > just as a test before upgrading all the others. > Apparently I had just this problem: datetime data inserted in ISO format > is not accepted -- strings like '20041210T10420

Re: datetime as float

2004-09-14 Thread Roger Baklund
* Håkan Elmqvist > Is there any MySQL built in function to convert datetime types to > real numbers (float) i.e. seconds or days since a reference date? > I can't find any in the manual. There are plenty of date and time manipulating functions available. Take a look at to_days() and unix_timestamp

Re: DATETIME question

2004-05-26 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 11:01 +0300 on 05/26/2004, Egor Egorov wrote about Re: DATETIME question: John Mistler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Given a column DATETIMEcolumn (-MM-DD HH:MM:SS), is there a SELECT statement that will: select all entries whose (TIME) of DATETIMEcolumn is BETWEEN 'HH:MM:SS'

RE: DATETIME question

2004-05-26 Thread Victor Pendleton
Use the time_format function. -Original Message- From: John Mistler To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 5/26/04 1:15 AM Subject: DATETIME question Given a column DATETIMEcolumn (-MM-DD HH:MM:SS), is there a SELECT statement that will: select all entries whose (TIME) of DATETIMEcolumn is BETW

Re: DATETIME question

2004-05-26 Thread Egor Egorov
John Mistler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given a column DATETIMEcolumn (-MM-DD HH:MM:SS), is there a SELECT > statement that will: > > select all entries whose (TIME) of DATETIMEcolumn is BETWEEN 'HH:MM:SS' AND > 'HH:MM:SS', but whose (DATE) is anything? > SELECT .. FROM t1 WHERE DATE_FORMA

RE: Datetime format in MySQL

2004-04-22 Thread B. Fongo
You can specify the date (Datetime or Timestamp) format when creating table as follows: Type=>Format - DATETIME => -MM-DD HH:MM:SS DATE => -MM-DD TIME => HH:MM:SS YEAR => TIMESTAMP --- TIMESTAMP(14) => MMDDHHMMSS TIMESTAMP(12) => YY

Re: Datetime format in MySQL

2004-04-22 Thread Egor Egorov
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, >Can you specify what format to use for the datetime column eg. > in oracle you can say I wanna use DD-MMM- HH:MM:SS and so on? > No. You can use DATE_FORMAT() function to format date values when you retrieve data: http://dev.mysql.com/d

Re: Datetime format in MySQL

2004-04-22 Thread Duncan Hill
On Thursday 22 April 2004 12:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] might have typed: > Hi All, > Can you specify what format to use for the datetime column eg. > in oracle you can say I wanna use DD-MMM- HH:MM:SS and so on? If you read the manual, you will see that the column is formatted in one wa

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-19 Thread Paul DuBois
At 20:23 -0400 4/19/04, Stormblade wrote: On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:36:50 -0500, Paul DuBois wrote: Sorry if I wasn't clear. One of the things you wanted to do was have a column that is set automatically to record-creation time when the record is created, but not updated automatically when the re

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-19 Thread Stormblade
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:36:50 -0500, Paul DuBois wrote: > Sorry if I wasn't clear. One of the things you wanted to do was have > a column that is set automatically to record-creation time when the > record is created, but not updated automatically when the record is > updated later. You will be

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-19 Thread Paul DuBois
At 17:55 -0400 4/19/04, Stormblade wrote: On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:18:40 -0500, Paul DuBois wrote: At 13:30 -0400 4/18/04, Stormblade wrote: On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:17:00 -0400, Michael Stassen wrote: Stormblade wrote: Hey all, I'm currently converting a SQLServer 2000 database over to MyS

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-19 Thread Stormblade
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:18:40 -0500, Paul DuBois wrote: > At 13:30 -0400 4/18/04, Stormblade wrote: >>On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:17:00 -0400, Michael Stassen wrote: >> >>> Stormblade wrote: >>> Hey all, I'm currently converting a SQLServer 2000 database over to MySQL. I have a w

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-19 Thread Paul DuBois
At 13:30 -0400 4/18/04, Stormblade wrote: On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:17:00 -0400, Michael Stassen wrote: Stormblade wrote: Hey all, I'm currently converting a SQLServer 2000 database over to MySQL. I have a web application that currently uses SQLServer but will be using MySQL soon as I can get

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-19 Thread Paul DuBois
At 13:30 -0400 4/18/04, Stormblade wrote: On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:17:00 -0400, Michael Stassen wrote: Stormblade wrote: Hey all, I'm currently converting a SQLServer 2000 database over to MySQL. I have a web application that currently uses SQLServer but will be using MySQL soon as I can get

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-18 Thread Stormblade
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:42:51 -0400, Michael Stassen wrote: > Stormblade wrote: > >> On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:17:00 -0400, Michael Stassen wrote: > Functions are evaluated by the server. The client only sends queries and > receives results. So, CURDATE() and NOW() are server time, not client tim

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-18 Thread Stormblade
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:54:22 -0400, Rhino wrote: > Stormblade (and anyone watching this thread), > > Just watch yourself when deciding between DATETIME and TIMESTAMP; the two > datatypes support very different ranges of values! Thanks for the heads up! > > According to the manual, DATETIME can

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-18 Thread Michael Stassen
Stormblade wrote: On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:17:00 -0400, Michael Stassen wrote: Stormblade wrote: Hey all, I'm currently converting a SQLServer 2000 database over to MySQL. I have a web application that currently uses SQLServer but will be using MySQL soon as I can get this done. I was able to m

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-18 Thread Rhino
t what values you'll have to store before you make a final choice of the datatype. Rhino - Original Message - From: "Stormblade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 1:30 PM Subject: Re: Datetime Default Value > On Sun

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-18 Thread Stormblade
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:17:00 -0400, Michael Stassen wrote: > Stormblade wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I'm currently converting a SQLServer 2000 database over to MySQL. I have a >> web application that currently uses SQLServer but will be using MySQL soon >> as I can get this done. >> >> I was able

Re: Datetime Default Value

2004-04-18 Thread Michael Stassen
Stormblade wrote: Hey all, I'm currently converting a SQLServer 2000 database over to MySQL. I have a web application that currently uses SQLServer but will be using MySQL soon as I can get this done. I was able to match data types but so far I have not found a way to let the database handle sett

Re: Datetime Default Value - I want to know too!

2004-04-18 Thread Stormblade
Changing the SQL works fine as long as: a) You have access to the application source and/or the SQL source b) There is only one application and it runs on the same machine as the database. If you change your SQL what happens if you have several applications all in different timezones that use the

Re: Datetime Default Value - I want to know too!

2004-04-18 Thread Adam
This is a great question! I also work on SQL Server (2k) databases as well as Access and MySQL. I run into the same problem. So far, I've just changed the SQL in my applications, but I also would like to know if a default can be set. Regards, Adam On Apr 18, 2004, at 12:01 AM, Stormblade wrote:

Re: datetime in mysql

2004-02-27 Thread Sasha Pachev
CurlyBraces Technologies ( Pvt ) Ltd wrote: hi , i have created datetime field in the field name "abc". so i want to get the system date and time automatically to the abc field for in each records. how can i do that ?can somebody help me ..plz define the column as timestamp --

Re: datetime in mysql

2004-02-26 Thread PeterWR
TED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 7:09 AM Subject: Fw: datetime in mysql - Original Message - From: CurlyBraces Technologies ( Pvt ) Ltd To: mos Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: Re: datetime in mysql sorry , as u said , i did it . it doesn't

Re: DateTime NOW()

2004-02-11 Thread Egor Egorov
"Jacque Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a DateTime data type for one of my fields. If an entry is being > INSERTed then I want the DateTime to be NOW(). I want this done > automatically and not have to set me SQL str to do this. I have tried > to set the default as NOW() but it wil

Re: datetime index in 4.1.1

2003-12-15 Thread Tatsuhiko Miyagawa
Oops, I didn't mean "datetime as index", but "like with datetime" is broken in 4.1.1. On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:12:20 +0900 Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems like a bug in 4.1.1-alpha using datetime as index. > > > mysql> create table foo (d datetime, index (d)); > Query OK, 0

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Elton
Thanks Joakim and to all who have helped me on this topic; all is working properly under 4.0.16. Elton On Dec 1, 2003, at 6:48 PM, Joakim Ryden wrote: On 12/1/03 4:42 PM Elton wrote: Joakim, The "mysql-standard-4.0.16.dmg" installer release notes says, "Beginning with MySQL 4.0.11, you can ins

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Joakim Ryden
On 12/1/03 4:42 PM Elton wrote: Joakim, The "mysql-standard-4.0.16.dmg" installer release notes says, "Beginning with MySQL 4.0.11, you can install MySQL on Mac OS X 10.2 ("Jaguar") using a Mac OS X `PKG' binary package instead of the binary tarball distribution. Please note that older versions

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Elton
Joakim, The "mysql-standard-4.0.16.dmg" installer release notes says, "Beginning with MySQL 4.0.11, you can install MySQL on Mac OS X 10.2 ("Jaguar") using a Mac OS X `PKG' binary package instead of the binary tarball distribution. Please note that older versions of Mac OS X (for example, 10.1.x)

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Elton
That's strange. To test my "datetime ORDER BY is erred", as mentioned, I only ran the installer for the "mysql-standard-4.0.16.dmg"; installing it on my OSX_10.3.1 cpu, that had no prior installation -- and its working. The install notes for "mysql-standard-4.0.16-apple-darwin6.6-powerpc.tar"

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Joakim Ryden
On 12/1/03 3:50 PM Elton wrote: If I'm installing on Panther_Server, to upgrade 4.0.14, what file is correct: mysql-standard-4.0.16 mysql-standard-4.0.16-apple-darwin6.6-powerpc.tar Both. The tar file is a tar archive and the pkg file is a Mac OS X pacjage. :) --Jo -- MySQL General Mailing Lis

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Elton
If I'm installing on Panther_Server, to upgrade 4.0.14, what file is correct: mysql-standard-4.0.16 mysql-standard-4.0.16-apple-darwin6.6-powerpc.tar Elton On Dec 1, 2003, at 5:37 PM, Elton wrote: I downloaded a the 4.0.16 from mysql.com (a .dmg file), ran the installer on my local 10.3.1 cpu

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Elton
I downloaded a the 4.0.16 from mysql.com (a .dmg file), ran the installer on my local 10.3.1 cpu (not the server) -- did not want to mess-up my server. However, I did not compile anything, just ran the install.pkg. Will installer work as a upgrade to my Panther_server's 4.0.14? By the way, I

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Chris Waskowich
On Dec 01, 2003, at 14:35, Elton wrote: So, maybe it was a bug that was fixed in 4.0.16; how do I upgrade to v4.0.16? I'm sort of a novice with MySQL and am using what was pre-installed with Apple's Panther_server -- have never installed it myself. Elton, I've had some weird issues with the d

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Elton
So, maybe it was a bug that was fixed in 4.0.16; how do I upgrade to v4.0.16? I'm sort of a novice with MySQL and am using what was pre-installed with Apple's Panther_server -- have never installed it myself. Elton On Dec 1, 2003, at 1:18 PM, Victoria Reznichenko wrote: Elton <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
Elton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oops, my pasted graphic did not pass; here is what I get: > > mysql> select date_close,aircraft,route from Avail_Legs Order By > date_close; > +-+--+---+ > | date_close | aircraft | route | > +-

RE: datetime ORDER BY is erred in panther_server

2003-12-01 Thread Daevid Vincent
I'm sure this won't matter, but did you try putting a "order by date_close DESC" or "ASC"? Daevid Vincent http://daevid.com > -Original Message- > From: Elton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:04 AM > To: [EMAIL P

Re: datetime ORDER BY is erred

2003-12-01 Thread Elton
Oops, my pasted graphic did not pass; here is what I get: mysql> select date_close,aircraft,route from Avail_Legs Order By date_close; +-+--+---+ | date_close | aircraft | route | +-+--+---+ | 2003-11-01 14:00:00

Re: datetime column dummy question

2003-07-19 Thread Paul DuBois
At 23:10 -0500 6/24/03, MaFai wrote: Hello, mysql, A table contains a column named "mydate". //Wrong sql statement alter table p_asset add mydate datetime default now(); alter table p_asset add mydate datetime default time(); alter table p_asset add mydate datetime de

RE: datetime column dummy question

2003-06-25 Thread Mike Hillyer
The TIMESTAMP column type does this for you: See: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/DATETIME.html Regards, Mike Hillyer www.vbmysql.com > -Original Message- > From: MaFai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: datetime column dumm

Re: datetime column dummy question

2003-06-25 Thread Nils Valentin
Also doesnt work in 4.1 alpha. Best regards Nils Valentin Tokyo/Japan (As requested I took Roman of , as he doesnt like direct e-mails ;-) 2003年 6月 25日 水曜日 19:12、Roman Neuhauser さんは書きました: > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-25 06:18:04 +0100: > > Sometime recently MaFai said: > > > A table contai

Re: datetime column dummy question

2003-06-25 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-25 07:10:46 +0100: > Sometime recently Roman Neuhauser said: > > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-25 06:18:04 +0100: > > > alter table p_asset add mydate datetime default 'now()'; > > > > > > - you need the '' around now(); apparently > > > > > > http://www.mysql.com/d

Re: datetime column dummy question

2003-06-25 Thread Janice Wright
You're right, just tested it myself on 3.23.41; and I get exactly the same result as you. We should post an amendment to the docs on the website. However, (still with 3.23.41): mysql> create table autotime2 (foo int, bar timestamp default now()); ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax

Re: datetime column dummy question

2003-06-25 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-25 06:18:04 +0100: > Sometime recently MaFai said: > > A table contains a column named "mydate". > > > > //Wrong sql statement > > alter table p_asset add mydate datetime default now(); > > alter table p_asset add mydate datetime default time(); >

Re: datetime column dummy question

2003-06-25 Thread Janice Wright
alter table p_asset add mydate datetime default 'now()'; - you need the '' around now(); apparently http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/DATETIME.html and scroll down to the comment made by Lazy Soul on Tuesday May 27 2003, @8:15am Jan Janice Wright Ingenta plc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ingentase

Re: datetime column dummy question

2003-06-25 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-25 12:05:49 +0800: > //Wrong sql statement > alter table p_asset add mydate datetime default now(); > alter table p_asset add mydate datetime default time(); > alter table p_asset add mydate datetime default now; > alter table p_asset add myda

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread Paul Chvostek
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 10:47:05AM -0700, Jason Brothers wrote: > > > - portability -- code using unixtime is less likely to rely on MySQL's > > date functions, and more easily ported to PostgreSQL, Foxbase, etc. > > I thought the Datetime function in MySQL was based on the ANSI SQL99 > standar

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread Jason Brothers
> - portability -- code using unixtime is less likely to rely on MySQL's > date functions, and more easily ported to PostgreSQL, Foxbase, etc. I thought the Datetime function in MySQL was based on the ANSI SQL99 standard? Shouldn't it be portable to other systems that support this standard? Ja

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 13 Mar 2003, at 10:47, Jason Brothers wrote: > > - portability -- code using unixtime is less likely to rely on > > MySQL's date functions, and more easily ported to PostgreSQL, > > Foxbase, etc. > > I thought the Datetime function in MySQL was based on the ANSI SQL99 > standard? Shouldn't it

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread Jason Brothers
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 8:34 AM Subject: Re: Datetime vs Unixtime > On 12 Mar 2003, at 22:25, Jason Brothers wrote: > > > I am just looking for feedback whether to use Datetime or > > Unixtime (32 bit Int) for my timestamps. > > You le

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread Paul DuBois
At 11:56 -0500 3/13/03, walt wrote: Paul DuBois wrote: At 10:34 -0500 3/13/03, Keith C. Ivey wrote: >I am curious why a DATE takes 3 bytes and a TIME takes 3 bytes, but a >DATETIME takes 8 bytes, even though TIME covers a much greater range >than the time part of a DATETIME, but that's just on

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread walt
Paul DuBois wrote: > At 10:34 -0500 3/13/03, Keith C. Ivey wrote: > >I am curious why a DATE takes 3 bytes and a TIME takes 3 bytes, but a > >DATETIME takes 8 bytes, even though TIME covers a much greater range > >than the time part of a DATETIME, but that's just one of the > >mysteries of MySQL t

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 13 Mar 2003, at 10:20, Paul DuBois wrote: > At 10:34 -0500 3/13/03, Keith C. Ivey wrote: > >I am curious why a DATE takes 3 bytes and a TIME takes 3 bytes, but a > >DATETIME takes 8 bytes, even though TIME covers a much greater range > >than the time part of a DATETIME, but that's just one of t

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread Paul DuBois
At 10:34 -0500 3/13/03, Keith C. Ivey wrote: I am curious why a DATE takes 3 bytes and a TIME takes 3 bytes, but a DATETIME takes 8 bytes, even though TIME covers a much greater range than the time part of a DATETIME, but that's just one of the mysteries of MySQL that's probably not worth losing sl

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 12 Mar 2003, at 22:25, Jason Brothers wrote: > I am just looking for feedback whether to use Datetime or > Unixtime (32 bit Int) for my timestamps. You left out a major advantage of Unix time: you don't have to worry about changing time zones or daylight saving time. MySQL DATETIME doesn't

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-13 Thread Paul DuBois
At 22:25 -0700 3/12/03, Jason Brothers wrote: Hello, I apologize if this topic has been discussed in the past. I am just looking for feedback whether to use Datetime or Unixtime (32 bit Int) for my timestamps. From what I can tell here are the advantages and disavantages of each method: Unixtim

Re: Datetime vs Unixtime

2003-03-12 Thread Paul Chvostek
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:25:11PM -0700, Jason Brothers wrote: > > I apologize if this topic has been discussed in the past. I am just looking > for feedback whether to use Datetime or Unixtime (32 bit Int) for my > timestamps. From what I can tell here are the advantages and disavantages > of

RE: datetime field question

2003-01-30 Thread Sherzod Ruzmetov
:is there a way to use the date part of a datetime field that :still uses the :index on the datetime field? i've tried a few different things :and it keeps :saying in the explain it says that its a possible_key, but :NULL for the key I'm not sure if this ignores the indexes

Re: datetime field as key

2002-12-23 Thread Michael She
Hi, you can use a DateTime field, but it is possible to get duplicate datetimes if you insert multiple queries fast enough. At 04:17 PM 12/23/2002 -0200, João Borsoi Soares wrote: I would like to use a datetime field as a key. I'm wondering if I will have any problems with key violation. I foun

Re: DateTime Calculations

2002-12-04 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 3 Dec 2002, at 10:45, Peter Abilla wrote: > Column One Column Two > 1999-09-17 16:30:18 1999-09-18 13:30:18 > > I want to calculate the minutes like > > (Column Two - Column One) = Total Minutes Something like ( UNIX_TIMESTAMP(column2) - UNIX_TIMESTAMP(column1) ) / 60 ? > K

Re: DateTime Calculations

2002-12-03 Thread Jeff Kilbride
Try this: select sec_to_time(unix_timestamp(column_two) - unix_timestamp(column_one)) Should give you the elapsed time in hh:mm:ss format. --jeff - Original Message - From: "Peter Abilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:45 AM Subject: DateT

Re: DateTime Calculations

2002-12-03 Thread Pablo
On 12/3/02 10:45 AM, Peter Abilla ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Suppose I have a datetime in the following format: > > Column One Column Two > 1999-09-17 16:30:18 1999-09-18 13:30:18 > > I want to calculate the minutes like > > (Column Two - Column One) = Total Minutes > > I've

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