Re: Got error 124 from table handler.

2002-02-22 Thread Chris Bolt
> Is there a list off MySQL error-codes avalible? > Something like Oracle's oerr. program? perror > We are having trouble with one of our MySQL databases. The error is: > > "Got error 124 from table handler." chris@entropy:~$ perror 124 Error code 124: Wrong medium type 124 = Wrong index g

Re: Tuning my production MySQL server (EMERGENCY)

2002-02-22 Thread Chris Bolt
e if you had started mysqld with that parameter. To start with a back_log of 200, you must do: c:\>mysqld -O back_log 200 when mysqld is not running, then run mysqladmin variables to see if it was updated. -- Chris Bolt [

RE: DISTINCT AND NON DISTINCT #2

2001-06-26 Thread Chris Bolt
Your question has been answered already. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mysql&m=99348999221821&w=2 > Hi All, > > I've been reading up on how to do joins on the mysql site. > > Is there not an inverse function for DISTINCT, so that I can pull out > duplicate data as opposed to DISTINCT data...o

RE: Delete if fields are older than x months

2001-06-26 Thread Chris Bolt
DELETE FROM mbtable WHERE timecolumn < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 3 MONTH); > Hello, > > I've a messageboard. Now, I want to delete all messages older than 3 > months. Can I use a MySQL query to delete all messages or do I have to use > mktime()? --

RE: MySQL + Linux

2001-06-27 Thread Chris Bolt
> Hi! > > Does anybody know how do i change the 'root' password for mysql server? > > I installation guide they say that it's done by typing > '/usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password new-password', but how > would i know the old passsword? > Am i mising anything? Leave out -p -

RE: Creating and dropping foreign key constraints

2001-06-27 Thread Chris Bolt
MySQL doesn't support foreign keys. Did you bother checking the manual? http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/i/Missing_Foreign_Keys.html > Hello > > Does mysql support creating and dropping of foreign key constraints? > i tried it.While creating foreign key constraints it doesn't dive > any error > but wh

RE: system error 1067

2001-06-29 Thread Chris Bolt
Try looking in mysql\data\mysql.err or running mysqld --standalone, it may provide more information. > Hello everyone, > I have mysql-3.23.39 installed on a Win2k Pro box (not sure why!). It had > been running just fine, then all of a sudden stopped working. > When I try a > 'NET START mysql', I

RE: different subdir for database

2001-07-04 Thread Chris Bolt
> > Hi, > > > > I have mysql on NT4 (soon to be win2000). one question is that the > > database files all reside under drive c. NT does not have symbolic > > link > > I seem to recall Microsoft making a big deal out of the fact that they > "invented" symbolic links and added them to Win2000. A

RE: Multiple users.

2001-07-07 Thread Chris Bolt
Why does it matter? They can't access them, so what harm is there? > I am sure that it has been asked before. I am running a > hosting company > and I am running mysql on a win2k server. > We don't want any customer to see other db's of any other customer, we > just want them to see their

RE: use of RENAME???

2001-07-08 Thread Chris Bolt
No. To rename a database, rename the directory in mysql's data dir. There is no SQL command to rename a database. > [mysql] > > is this how to change the the name of an existing populated db? > > > RENAME DATABASE old_name TO new_name; > > TR

RE: Importing a complete database

2001-07-09 Thread Chris Bolt
mysqldump databasename | gzip > databasename.sql.gz transfer that file to the other server mysqladmin create databasename zcat databasename.sql.gz | mysql databasename > Hi > > Is it possible to import a complete database from a server to another > one? > > Thanks > > Eugénio --

RE: file usage

2001-07-09 Thread Chris Bolt
> Done, an email is now sent after an order is submitted. This is what it > I have found a large number of files which have names like this > www-bin.040 > www-bin.041 > www-bin.042 > www-bin.043 > www-bin.044 > > which are using up huge amounts of disk space on my server. > >

RE: Turning off logging for certain download queries

2001-07-09 Thread Chris Bolt
> We do a few large daily and monthly downloads from an Oracle database > server. Is there a way to exclude these specific queries from the > update/binary log?? If the queries only affect one table or database, use the replication ignore options listed here: http://www.mysql.com/doc/R/e/Replicat

RE: binding to ips

2001-07-09 Thread Chris Bolt
> sorry im a mysql newbie...how do you bind mysql to two particular ip > addresses? i have it bound to my loopback but would like to bind it a > private ip but it doesn't seem to like the bind-address directive > more than once. Run two separate mysql daemons with a different --bind-address para

RE: Join syntax

2001-07-09 Thread Chris Bolt
> Is it possible to join two columns from different databases Yes. > located on differents hosts? No. Why do you want to do this? - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lis

RE: Comress table

2001-07-10 Thread Chris Bolt
> Hi, > > I want to compress my tables but I gets an error: > > C:\mysql-data\dtim9t>myisampack wi_abbreviation.MYI > Compressing wi_abbreviation.MYD: (7221 records) > - Calculating statistics > - Compressing file > myisampack: Error on delete of 'wi_abbreviation.MYD' (Errcode: 13) > Aborting: wi_

RE: LIMIT with mysql_num_rows

2001-07-10 Thread Chris Bolt
He wants to know the maximum, like on a search for mysql at google it says "Results 1 - 10 of about 2,580,000." He wants to know that 2,580,000 number without doing another query. I don't think that's possible. > I'm not sure if I understand your problem. You should get exactly > $end results if

RE: Accesses

2001-07-10 Thread Chris Bolt
> Just wondering how many accesses can MYSQL handle... let's say per hour. > I have about 500 accesses per hour, 8 clicks per second... does anyone > know about this issue? thanks It really depends on what kind of queries you're running, your hardware, your configuration, your operating system, e

RE: Php/MySQL Parse Error

2001-07-10 Thread Chris Bolt
> Group; > > There is something missing in my understanding of the php mysql_connect > statement because I am getting a parse error as follows: > > http://cxkop.com/Jobs/job_list.php > Parse error: parse error in > /home/virtual/cxkop1365/home/httpd/html/Jobs/job_list.php on line 31 This is a php

RE: String and integer in SQL statement

2001-07-11 Thread Chris Bolt
> I create a table, one field is integer type. > I don't know why the following statements work : > > select * from table1 where field1 = 3; > select * from table1 where field1 = '3'; In the second case, MySQL automatically casts '3' to 3. --

RE: unique

2001-07-11 Thread Chris Bolt
> umm when i declare a unique constraint on 2 fields in a table like so > > unique (col1,col2), > > if i insert data into the table will it check them individually or as a > composite? > > for example if i inserted the values > col1 | col2 >1, A >1, B >2, B >

RE: Speed up index creation

2001-07-11 Thread Chris Bolt
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mysql&m=99257445520048&w=2 may help > OK, another one here... > > On the very large table (at least 5 million rows) I need to index > several columns. The mysqladmin -i60 processlist > > lists the state of the query as > > Repair with keycache > > for a ver

RE: auto_increment not incrementing

2001-07-11 Thread Chris Bolt
What error did you get? Did you try using NULL for the id, or leaving the auto_increment column out of the insert (insert into table (PartNumber, ..., StatusQtyWorked) values (...))? > Hello, > When I submit data it will not submit data into the > database unless I put some kind of number in the

RE: Re[2]: LIMIT with mysql_num_rows

2001-07-11 Thread Chris Bolt
> > He wants to know the maximum, like on a search for mysql at > > google it says "Results 1 - 10 of about 2,580,000." He wants > > to know that 2,580,000 number without doing another query. > > I don't think that's possible. > > Of course it is. That's what I do all the time. That's what I was >

RE: INSERT INTO ... SET ...

2001-07-13 Thread Chris Bolt
> 3. Is this a MySQL feature / bug or do other DBs support this? It doesn't work in Postgres. - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list arch

Bounces from rtmglobal.com

2001-07-13 Thread Chris Bolt
Am I the only one getting these? Someone really needs to fix their mail server... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 4:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: No valid command found Your message does not contain a valid command

RE: wildcard date searching

2001-07-13 Thread Chris Bolt
> Hello, > > I am still a beginner, but I am trying to learn MySQL. If you have a > date field, and you are using the date field in your where clause, I > understand how to use : > WHERE date="-mm-dd"; I am trying to find out if there is anyway > to use the wildcard character % in d

RE: Security problems - Very Newbie!

2001-07-14 Thread Chris Bolt
> C:\>mysql grant all on *.* to administrator@sara identified by "delboy" Try this: C:\>mysql Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 463668 to server version: 3.23.39-log Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> grant a

RE: Next Newbie Question

2001-07-16 Thread Chris Bolt
> mysql> select vend_city+', '+vend_state+' '+vend_zip > -> from Vendors > -> order by vend_name > -> ; ... > 4 rows in set (0.01 sec) > > How do I do this in MySQL? SELECT CONCAT(vend_city, ', ', vend_state, ' ', vend_zip) FROM Vendors ORDER BY vend_name; --

RE: Is last_insert_id reliable?

2001-07-20 Thread Chris Bolt
> $sql4 = "SELECT hits.hit_id as pixels from hits > WHERE hit_id=LAST_INSERT_ID();"; > > $result = mysql_query ($sql4, $connection) > or die("error #" . mysql_errno() . ": " . mysql_error()); > $row = mysql_fetch_object($result); > $pixels = number_format($row->pixels); > > It's staggering the dif

RE: Invalid SQL..?

2001-07-25 Thread Chris Bolt
> hi all.. > > this error came out after i make backup for my database using mysqldump > what this error say is wrong... maybe my database is corrupt or > crash or something like that.. any command can fix this error..?. > any idea what i should do. Please paste the output of typing "DESCRIBE

RE: Compressed column support?

2001-07-25 Thread Chris Bolt
> Hi, > > I have looked through the documentation (http://www.mysql.com/docs) > and the mailing list archives > (http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Databases/8/0/) > and find no mention of a feature that I was hoping was available: > > * text or varchar columns that are automatically compressed/u

RE: isp complains about query...

2001-07-25 Thread Chris Bolt
> SELECT * FROM listaemail WHERE id LIKE "%%" OR nome LIKE "%%" OR empresa > LIKE "%%" OR email LIKE "%%" OR ativo LIKE "%%" ORDER BY nome; > > Time: 11 Lock_time: 0 Rows_sent: 30567 Rows_examined: 30568 > > before anyone jumps out and points it out, it is far > from being optimized. it should (an

RE: Invalid SQL..?

2001-07-25 Thread Chris Bolt
>>> Database error: Invalid SQL: select id, subid from policy where >>> id='2' and subid='0' >>> MySQL Error: 1054 (Unknown column 'id' in 'field list') >>> Session halted. > > the output look like this.. > mysql> desc policy; > +++--+-+-+---+ > | Field

RE: MySQL vs. Oracle

2001-07-25 Thread Chris Bolt
> I am currently trying to examine the benefits of continuing to > use MySQL over Oracle. I need to know what MySQL's features are > vs. those of Oracle. http://www.mysql.com/information/crash-me.php > Also I am looking for performance data. Oracle prohibits benchmarks, so good luck finding the

RE: searching multiple text fields

2001-07-25 Thread Chris Bolt
> I need to build a search utility which can query records based > on multiple text parameter, > my table will have about 10 fields and users can search on > 3-5 parameters in one query. is there any way to achieve this > other than doing a full table scan. http://www.mysql.com/doc/F/u/Fullt

RE: joining two databases

2001-07-27 Thread Chris Bolt
> i have 2 mysql servers, i need to run a query that joins two tables > from two databases on the two servers, how can i do this? You can't. - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) h

RE: Whitespace in file names

2001-07-29 Thread Chris Bolt
> Example I have a file name stored in database as: john's - song.mp3 > > When I click on the link to the song in a web browser I get file not > found. http://www.php.net/rawurlencode - Before posting, please check: http:/

RE: Limit in SELECT

2001-08-05 Thread Chris Bolt
> Lets say i have 10.000 rows in a table and im searching for only > one record(one row). > > Which one is faster: > SELECT ... LIMIT 1 > or just > SELECT .. The former, since MySQL stops after finding the first row. In the second query, MySQL prepares the entire result set even if you on

RE: integer&char problem

2001-08-07 Thread Chris Bolt
> i have a problem in query. My field type is integer. > The table is empty and i want to select max number from the > field but it display error message.Then i try to change the type > to char ,it's can but, > the max is until 9 only.is there anyone can help me. What query? What table? What er

RE: Adding a [mysql] to the subject line

2001-08-07 Thread Chris Bolt
> I am not sure if this has been addressed before, I think it would > be neat if the list admin could put a [mysql] in the subject line > for messages. I get a lot of email and it would help having that > in the subject line. it would also help me in filtering my mail. > Please let me know your c

RE: OR in QUERY

2001-08-07 Thread Chris Bolt
> is there any way turn the following query to all ands instead of using an > or? > > select f1,f2,f3 from table1 where (f1 ='monday' or f2 ='monday') and > f3='34'; SELECT f1,f2,f3 FROM table1 WHERE 'monday' IN (f1, f2) AND f3 = '34'; --

RE: Problem with UPDATE statement

2001-08-09 Thread Chris Bolt
> update cdrequest set albumfill = "hot shots II", releasedatefill > = 20010708 where requstID = 2; > > i get: > You have an error in your SQL syntax near '\"hot shots II\", > releasedatefill = 20010708 where requstID = 2' at line 1 > I can't see any reason for the error. Your web based inte

RE: can't find my my.cnf file -- not there by default?

2001-08-09 Thread Chris Bolt
> I'm still testing out MySQL and I'm trying to find the my.cnf > file referred to at > http://www.mysql.com/doc/O/p/Option_files.html ... > but none of these files seem to exist on my machine. ... > MySQL came pre-installed on that machine. Is it possible (or, indeed, > normal) that the

RE: connecting by knowing someone's "scrambled" password?

2001-08-09 Thread Chris Bolt
> How is that possible? Even if you do know someone's scrambled password, > when you connect to the MySQL server pretending to be that user, it will > ask you for their non-scrambled password. After you type it in, > the server will scramble it and check that the scrambled value matches > the sc

RE: programmatically getting field list from a table

2001-08-09 Thread Chris Bolt
> Is there any way -- using either MySQL directly, or (ideally) > using the DBI perl module -- to get a list of fields from a > (possibly empty) table? (If the table is nonempty, you can > just use a perl function to get the first record, and then > apply keys() to the returned reference to get

RE: Newbie questions

2001-08-13 Thread Chris Bolt
> And is there some way to download the previous posts to this list? I > found one list admin function that will download up to 100 posts > concatenated into one email, but I'd like to be able to d/l them > individually, with their own subject line and threading info. I just > think it would be

RE: Error 127 from table handler

2001-08-13 Thread Chris Bolt
> Go error 127 from table handler.. fixed itself in about 10 minutes.. > don't know what this is or why it happened.. anyone know? > > It happened while doing an update SQL command to a table. > I'm not even sure what it means.. can't find any error codes. Try running perror 127 ---

RE: multiple PRI indexes

2001-08-29 Thread Chris Bolt
> is it generally recommended / a good idea to have more than one PRI index > in the same table? i've never seen that before until today while trying > to track down bugs in someone else's system and noticed a table with 2 PRI > indexes. will this cause any problems? It shouldn't cause any prob

RE: Primary Key pairs and auto-incrementing

2001-08-29 Thread Chris Bolt
> I want to create a table with two Primary Keys. The first key is > a category > field, and the second is auto-incremented. Example: Key > 1=Chapter name, Key > 2 =section number. For example, (Chapter1, 1) (Chapter1, 2) (Chapter1, 3) > then with a new Cheaper, I want to restart the auto-incre

RE: Error 12 from table handler

2001-08-29 Thread Chris Bolt
> I'am having this error code (Error 12 from table handler) when i am trying > to create an index on a table that has about 20 records (it's > not a big table)... > What does this error code means?. chris@illusion:~$ perror 12 Error code 12: Cannot allocate memory chris@illusion:~$ -

RE: newbie password issue

2001-08-30 Thread Chris Bolt
> now i changed the root password just fine > but now i have to enter it every time i run mysqladmin > even "mysqladmin version" reqires a "-p" > > tell me there's a simpler way http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/o/Connecting.html * You can specify connection parameters in the [client] section of th

RE: Reply-to and this list

2001-08-30 Thread Chris Bolt
> A quick question: How come the mailing list software > doesn't add a reply-to header? Is this intentional to > keep replies off the mysql list, and if so why? http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html - Before posting, pl

RE: Way way OT

2001-08-31 Thread Chris Bolt
> > I am looking build my own E-mail Server for my Domain and would like > > some pointers > > > > Is there an E-mail Server that uses MySQL > > Exim, Postfix, and Sendmail can all use MySQL to varying degrees. > There are probably others. qmail; http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html, http://www.lifewithq

RE: SQL question

2001-09-04 Thread Chris Bolt
> SQL question which I am new to. > How would I count the number of times a specific entry is in field. For > instance I have a table that has the following two fields > numberhostname > 1 10.1.1.1 > 2 10.1.1.2 > 3 10.1.1.3 > 4

RE: search with wildcards

2001-09-05 Thread Chris Bolt
> I need to search a mysql database using wildcards. I know about the * and > the _ wildcards (any number of any character and 1 character of any kind, > respectively) but I need to match any number, any letter and thing like > that. > > An SQL book claimed it could be done using brackets and rang

RE: 1030: Got error 127 from table handler

2001-09-06 Thread Chris Bolt
> Hello, > > I was working with Mysql an nerver had any problem, the suddenly from one > moment to the other, some tables didn't work correctly any more. > Any select > command on them returns me : > 1030: Got error 127 from table handler. > But if I do a select command on a other table with a j

RE: 1030: Got error 127 from table handler

2001-09-06 Thread Chris Bolt
> Thankx for reply. > But if I use Table Repair it says : The handler for te table > doesn't support Check/Repair. What does SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 'tablename'; say for the Type column? - Before posting, please check: http:

RE: Select Highest ID query

2001-09-06 Thread Chris Bolt
> Im managing to do this, but I can see that the method im using is > not as efficient as it could be. What I want to do is this > Make a query which will grab the record in a table that has the > highest ID number. The ID field is auto incremental so what its > saying is that the record with

RE: starting problems. . .

2001-09-12 Thread Chris Bolt
> I am currently using Slackware 8 (linux) and I have some problems. There > is mysql package in the slackware installation, which I installed it but > never manage to run it successfully. Everytime I type the following > > safe_mysqld > and I get the following message: > > Starting mysqld da

MySQL getting backlogged

2001-09-12 Thread Chris Bolt
Right now MySQL is getting really backlogged but I have no idea why. There are 169 concurrently running queries, and 153 of them are in show the status as "Opening tables". A processlist looks something like this (formatted by Status, Seconds query has been running, and query): Opening tables

RE: MySQL getting backlogged

2001-09-13 Thread Chris Bolt
> Have you also increased your master maxfiles as well? If not, you're not > getting the number of file handles you expect you are. I'd also consider > upgrading to 4.3, as it's much faster than 3.x. > > Try this -- > sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=16424 kern.maxfiles is already the same as .maxfiles

RE: Mzximum character count

2001-09-19 Thread Chris Bolt
> I would like to find out what record in the table has > the largest amount of characters. This way I could possibly > decrease the varchar size (currently 100) to speed up the > queries. > > My table is as below. > CREATE TABLE competitor ( > CompetitorsName varchar(35) not null, >

RE: binding to more than one ip address.

2001-09-27 Thread Chris Bolt
> I have been trying to get mysqld to run under 2 ip addresses > (localhost and an external ip address). Using the bind-address > option twice doesnt seem to work, nor does lisiting 2 ip addresses > in the option. I hope mysqld has this functionality to be able to > run under certain ip addre

RE: Length limit of 500 on primary keys?

2001-10-20 Thread Chris Bolt
> Is there a way to raise this limit? We have some tables with columns that > are VARCHAR(200), and need to make a primary key based on combinations of > these columns (in some cases, upto 4 columns), and MySQL complains for all > of these table definitions that "Specified key was too long. Max ke

RE: Error 127 from table handler.

2001-10-24 Thread Chris Bolt
> I'm using 3.22.27 and am getting an error when I submit queries. > > I do a select * from table where... > > And it gives me: > > ERROR 1030: Got error 127 from table handler chris@entropy:~$ perror 127 Error code 127: Unknown error 127 127 = Record-file is crashed Run isamchk -r on the ta

RE: SELECT Query in PHP

2001-10-26 Thread Chris Bolt
> I am a newbie at this and I cannot find the damn answer to it! I want > to display the table in an html format with PHP but I cannot get it to > work! With MS SQL Server it was sooo easy! With PHP and mySQL it's a > pain in the butt! I cannot find any documentation on this and I order 3 > bo

RE: can auto_increment wrap?

2001-10-27 Thread Chris Bolt
> quickie: can auto_increment wrap? Only with ISAM tables which reuse deleted auto_increment numbers. MyISAM tables will give you "Duplicate entry" errors if you hit the maximum. - Before posting, please check: http://www.m

RE: can auto_increment wrap?

2001-10-29 Thread Chris Bolt
> > Only with ISAM tables which reuse deleted auto_increment numbers. MyISAM > > tables will give you "Duplicate entry" errors if you hit the maximum. > > I hadn't realized this and tested it out in MySQL 3.23.43, but in my tests > ISAM tables also returned a "Duplicate entry" error when I hit > t

RE: Newsgroups

2001-10-29 Thread Chris Bolt
> It puts the messages in a tree and makes viewing pertinent threads > a breeze, My mail client puts messages in a tree and makes viewing pertinent threads a breeze. And even with the archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=10043869449&w=2&r=1 Doesn't look hard to me... database,sql,quer

RE: Fresh Install Already Contains Password--What is it?

2001-12-10 Thread Chris Bolt
> Our brand new, fresh install of 3.23.46 won't let us set the > password for the root user because one seems to already be set. > Even after wiping the ...mysql/data/mysql directory clean and > rerunning mysql_install_db, we still get an "Enter password:" > prompt when attempting to set the root

RE: Most Performance, Opinions ?

2001-12-28 Thread Chris Bolt
> > regarding mysql_pconnect() we haven't tried that, but the nature of > > the site suggests it would need like 500 apache deamons connected > > all the time. And that's a lot of sort buffers and stuff beeing > > allocated for each one of those ? Not if you disable keepalive requests, which I do

RE: UPDATE command, adding to exisiting record

2001-12-28 Thread Chris Bolt
> I am looking to update a record in a table, but take the > exsisting value and adding the new value to it... > > I.e. > > Exsisting record = 150, new record being inputed = 250 for a > total of 400 to be entered into the database. UPDATE table SET row = row + 250 WHERE id = #; ---

RE: Syntax error with a JOIN

2001-12-29 Thread Chris Bolt
> Here's the simplified query: > > SELECT members.name, group.id, group.name > FROM members > LEFT JOIN members AS group > ON group.id = members.group_id > WHERE members.id = 6 > > > And here's the error I get: > > You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'group ON group.id = > me

RE: date_format

2001-12-30 Thread Chris Bolt
> #2 All I have read on the web/books suggests that this is what to do > $result = mysql_query ("SELECT title, description, url, author, > date_format(datefield, %M %D %Y') FROM documents"); > > This just leaves out all dates. You may want to try: $result = mysql_query("SELECT title, descrip

RE: Updating a field with the result of a select

2002-01-11 Thread Chris Bolt
> Is it possible to update a field with the result of a select. > For example: Try: SELECT @newbalance := ordr_order.total_cost - sum(ordr_payment.amount) FROM ordr_order LEFT JOIN ordr_payment on ordr_payment.ordr_order_id = ordr_order.id WHERE ordr_order.id = 1; UPDATE ordr_order SET balance =

RE: MySQL Problem in Slackware 8.0

2002-01-16 Thread Chris Bolt
> when as root I give command > /usr/bin/safe_mysqld & > It gives me following messages: > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from > /var/lib/mysql and on the next line it says > mysqld ended. What does /var/lib/mysql/`hostname`.err say? --

RE: seeking partner

2002-01-28 Thread Chris Bolt
> Of course, the SAME spam we saw before appears again. No surprise. > Does anyone still believe this will go away by itself? It won't - > it will only get worse - unless the list administrators actually > *do* something about it! The filters DO NOT WORK. Is there any reason why the list can't ju

RE: Auto_increment or manual??

2001-05-03 Thread Chris Bolt
http://www.mysql.com/doc/R/e/Replication_Features.html Replication will be done correctly with AUTO_INCREMENT, LAST_INSERT_ID, and TIMESTAMP values. > This sounds encouraging, but are there any known problems with the MySQL > replication model currently available?? Would the slave servers have t

RE: Auto_increment or manual??

2001-05-03 Thread Chris Bolt
Yes, I know from experience, it's the best way to do it. And if you need to get the number generated by an auto_increment column in an insert, you can use last_insert_id() (or mysql_insert_id() with php). > Thank you Chris with this info! This will greatly help me out, so as I see > it now, ther

RE: Doubt

2001-05-03 Thread Chris Bolt
> >I've recently moved from MS-SQL Server 7.0 to mySQL. In MSSQL I > >used to give the default value 'GetDate()' for a field in the > >database with the datetime datatype. In mySQL I tried using Now(). > >But when I insert a new row the datetime field is taking :00:00 > >00:00:00 value

RE: distinct on varchar fields

2001-05-04 Thread Chris Bolt
Have you tried: select concat("blah", x, "bleh") from y group by x; > Hi All, > > when I use a distinct on varchar fields, does mySQL truncate the value > of the string to some set value. > This two queries give me a completely different number of rows and I am > not sure how to influence the

RE: select query?

2001-05-04 Thread Chris Bolt
select ip, mac from ipmac group by mac having count(*) > 1; > I have a table with IP/MAC address combinations and I want to track > which MAC address might have used an IP address other than the one > originally assigned. > > Is there some way that I can query my table for duplicate MAC > addres

RE: QS works if applied through phpMyAdmin but not from a PHP-Script

2001-05-06 Thread Chris Bolt
Have you looked at mysql_error() ? Are you sure $select_ is a valid php variable name? > Oi, > > I cannot get my head around that. > I got a QS that worked fine, then I edited the PHP-script, not the part > which is now causing errors, and it does not work anymore. That > is strange, > if there w

RE: mysqladmin

2001-05-07 Thread Chris Bolt
http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/o/Connecting.html Scroll to the bottom, where it describes adding your password to .my.cnf in your home directory. > I actually wanted to disable passwords completely. > > so when I type mysql the mysql> comes up. > > Tom -

RE: group by (bug)

2001-05-11 Thread Chris Bolt
This is not a bug. Why don't you just select * from abc where field2 = 'I am the first';? Or: mysql> select *, min(field2) from abc group by field1; +--++-++ | ID | field1 | field2 | min(field2)| +--++-+---

RE: Ordering of Dates

2001-05-11 Thread Chris Bolt
Add ORDER BY postdate DESC to the end of the query. > I'm creating a Blogger-like system for my website and I have it check for > posts within the last 14 days using the following command: > > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM data WHERE TO_DAYS(NOW()) - > TO_DAYS(postdate) <= 14",$db); > > Ho

RE: Hockey Scoring/Penalty counting query in mySQL

2001-05-12 Thread Chris Bolt
> SQL STATEMENT: > > SELECT > players.playerid,name, > count(goals.goalid) AS goals, > count(penalties.penaltyid) AS penalties > FROM players > LEFT JOIN goals ON (players.playerid=goals.playerid) > LEFT JOIN penalties ON (players.playerid=penalties.playerid) > GROUP BY players.playerid

RE: Urgent Help Needed

2001-05-14 Thread Chris Bolt
> The one we tried was: > > $SQL = " SELECT * FROM cvtemplate WHERE employment_type = > '$employment_type' > AND location = '$location' AND related_discipline = > '$related_discipline', > MATCH specific_work_profile, wxcdone, wxcdtwo, wxcdthree, > wxcdfour AGAINST > ('$keywords') AS score FROM cvt

RE: Run Mysql command from a file.

2001-05-15 Thread Chris Bolt
With windows, you can use "type filename.sql | mysql ..." > Maybe he's running in some windows version?? > It seems to me that your example using std-in is the easiest. I would > suggest also writing a perl program but in this case I thing your > example is > right on. Then again if he's using

RE: specifying date format for retrieving dates and datetimes

2001-05-17 Thread Chris Bolt
> Is there a simple way to force mySQL to always return dates and > datetime in > ISO > long format, without the '-', ':' and spaces? (in a TIMESTAMP(14) like > format) > > I always want 20010517 rather than 2001-05-17, > and 20010517130500 rather than 2001-05-17 13:05:00 Use ints and bigints?

RE: Efficient Query/Database Structure?

2001-05-17 Thread Chris Bolt
Create another table with an id column and a code column, and for each code insert a column with the id of the row in the original database and the code. Then do an SQL join to search. For example: mysql> create table example (id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, blah varchar(100), PRIMARY KEY(id)

RE: question about a select application (sql, database)

2001-05-18 Thread Chris Bolt
Does the table have an auto_increment column? If so: select * from table where autoinccolumn = LAST_INSERT_ID(); > I wrote a program to keep inserting rows to the databases. But I > want to check the LAST row I inserted. Is there any good way to do it?? --

RE: ENUM and large strings

2001-05-18 Thread Chris Bolt
Perhaps in your case it would be better to use another table and do a join? > Hi! > > In order to save space in our database, we designed our tables to use > enumerated datatypes. For one column, we have about 2,800 > different values, > each of which is about 30-40 text characters long. Now,

RE: Grant problems

2001-05-18 Thread Chris Bolt
I think you're using it incorrectly. It should be: grant insert on test.* to testuser@localhost identified by 'testpassword'; > I have successfully installed MySQL 3.23.38. I can start the server > and log in as root. When I try to grant new users using: > > grant insert to test.* for testu

RE: SELECT DISTINCT on two columns

2001-05-18 Thread Chris Bolt
Only way I can think of is to use a temp table: CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE test (fruits varchar(100) not null) TYPE=HEAP; INSERT INTO test SELECT DISTINCT fruits1 FROM table; INSERT INTO test SELECT DISTINCT fruits2 FROM table; SELECT DISTINCT fruits FROM test; DROP TABLE test; However this can be s

RE: MySQL instalation problem

2001-05-18 Thread Chris Bolt
> You can start the MySQL daemon with: > cd /usr/local/mysql ; /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld & ... > [root@stupidsiteforjerks mysql-3.23.38]# /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin > -u > root -p password 'new-password' > Enter password: > /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localho

RE: Table sizes?

2001-05-18 Thread Chris Bolt
Make your auto_increment primary key something bigger than a TINYINT > ive run into some trouble with a table not taking more then 128 > rows. I just use MySQL from my webpage, with PHP, and its all > done by my host, so im a novice here. Anything i can do to get > the table to accept more the

RE: Fulltext and 2 to 3 character words...

2001-05-19 Thread Chris Bolt
http://www.mysql.com/doc/F/u/Fulltext_Search.html Search for the word MySQL produces no results in the above example. Word MySQL is present in more than half of rows, and as such, is effectively treated as a stopword (that is, with semantical value zero). It is, really, the desired behavior - a n

RE: Symbolic Links under Windows

2001-05-20 Thread Chris Bolt
You can also download Junction from http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#junction which does the same thing. sql > Hello Tom, > > If you're using Windows 2000 it has junction points. It's almost the > same as symbolic links in UNIX. Except it works only for directories. > > Try

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