Re: Finding field in all tables

2006-08-22 Thread Peter Brawley
Jerry Schwartz wrote: Unfortunately, I have no experience running two versions of MySQL on the same box, and we have no development environment. That contributes to my timidity. Just one 'puter? Yikes. By the way, I thought I read that the list wouldn't accept HTML-coded messages; but yours

RE: Finding field in all tables

2006-08-22 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Unfortunately, I have no experience running two versions of MySQL on the same box, and we have no development environment. That contributes to my timidity. By the way, I thought I read that the list wouldn't accept HTML-coded messages; but yours came through that way. Did I misread something? Reg

Re: Finding field in all tables

2006-08-22 Thread Peter Brawley
Jerry >I haven't ventured into MySQL 5.x, I have enough trouble working with this >house of cards I was handed. I'll try to remember this for the future, >though. All you need to do is install mysql 5 in any box, run the dump script, then execute one query: SELECT   LOWER(table_name) AS 'Tab

RE: Finding field in all tables

2006-08-22 Thread Jerry Schwartz
I haven't ventured into MySQL 5.x, I have enough trouble working with this house of cards I was handed. I'll try to remember this for the future, though. Thanks to all. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8

Re: Finding field in all tables

2006-08-22 Thread Peter Brawley
Is there any way to find a column name (or, better yet, a partial column name) in all tables within a data base? 1. If the db is not in 5.0, mysqldump the DML to a file, run that file in an instance of MySQL 5.x. 2. Query information_schema. PB - Jerry Schwartz wrote: Is there any way

RE: Finding field in all tables

2006-08-22 Thread Jerry Schwartz
esday, August 22, 2006 2:41 PM To: Jerry Schwartz; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: Finding field in all tables Love it when that happens :) Fastest way I can think of is dumping out the structure of the database with mysqldump -d > database.sql and then searching the output to see where thos

RE: Finding field in all tables

2006-08-22 Thread George Law
Love it when that happens :) Fastest way I can think of is dumping out the structure of the database with mysqldump -d > database.sql and then searching the output to see where those columns appear >>>-Original Message- >>>From: Jerry Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Tuesd