Re: Mysql backup problem

2003-11-28 Thread David T-G
p; HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrpr

Re: Please analyze my project table design

2003-11-28 Thread David T-G
table. Oh, there is, indeed. CF "normalization" :-) HTH & HAND & good luck Paul :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Edd

Re: Linux access question

2003-12-03 Thread David T-G
HTH & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhav

arbitrary ordering

2003-08-09 Thread David T-G
t order based on the contents of another field (but not simply sorting on that field)? TIA & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, &

Re: arbitrary ordering

2003-08-14 Thread David T-G
to update a bunch of fields after a not-at-the-end insertion, which is what put me onto the idea of storing the order in a single spot in the first place. But it seems so much cleaner :-) The only problem is [efficiently] getting the data back out when I want to display it... % % I h

Re: arbitrary ordering

2003-08-14 Thread David T-G
e table if questions are used % more than once. As they are not you can put the question order field in % the question table. Excellent; great to know. Thanks! % % Best regard, % Andy. Thanks & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play)

db design for hosting site

2004-08-31 Thread David T-G
7;ll summarize what I learn and/or decide when the conversation or direct emails wind down. TIA & HAND :-D - -- David T-G [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBNFR

Re: db design for hosting site

2004-08-31 Thread David T-G
a that hadn't occurred to me. So for the moment I'm still looking at a single table structure. Good enough... % % With regards, % % Martijn Tonies Thanks & HAND & Still listening... :-D - -- David T-G [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Sh

Re: please explain why this query isn't optimized

2004-09-06 Thread David T-G
rator and comma as decimal separator). HTH & HAND :-D - -- David T-G [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBPPGHGb7uCXufRwARAllpAKCzmDQpbLcVa5q9MvXlo8ZxkHj

Re: Question on data structures

2003-08-28 Thread David T-G
the docs with a docid, one table for all of the words with a wordid, and one table to tie them together containing the docid and the wordid. Duplicate words only require one row in the word table and would have required separate docid entries anyway, so you save. HTH & HAND :-D - -- Da

Re: how to do a random ORDER BY in a SELECT statement

2003-09-10 Thread David T-G
ike you can select count() but perhaps you don't even need that temp table... % % Thanks. Good luck! & let us know how you end up doing it. % % -Doug HTH & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and

Re: how to do a random ORDER BY in a SELECT statement

2003-09-10 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Doug, et al -- ...and then David T-G said... % % ...and then Comcast said... % % % % I would like to ORDER BY RANDOM - is there an easy way to do that. % ... % I don't know if you can select random() like you can select count() but % perhap

Re: Hardware Raid and 2 Gig Limit

2003-10-31 Thread David T-G
to do with disk RAID; they are completely separate. % % Thanks, % % Steve HTH & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Scien

Re: Hardware Raid and 2 Gig Limit

2003-10-31 Thread David T-G
happen in one of twenty small files as in one large file. % % A couple of years ago I looked into big tables for myself and everyone said % you need the raid option in MySQL. Now I'm not sure! That's probably because ext3 and reiser and xfs weren't around :-) % % Thanks

Re: Column Types Changing

2003-11-01 Thread David T-G
27;t matter, so to speak :-) Could you afford a little bit of extra load time at startup to have your un-split, all-RAM, fast table? HTH & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral cou

Re: Ftp of Mysql Files

2003-11-06 Thread David T-G
% corrupt the database files? Very probably. % % Thanks, Sure thing! % % % Keith HTH & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker

Re: Secure way of storing passwords in the database

2003-11-07 Thread David T-G
plaintext password? Why not instead save the encrypted password and then when checking always encrypt what you're given and compare it? Not only is it more secure, it's easier :-) % % thanks, Sure thing. % % Luis R. Lebron % Sigmatech, Inc HTH & H

Re: database permission

2003-11-10 Thread David T-G
rmation in the MySQL documentation. Read this once at % least. Agreed. It has everything you need. HTH & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mar

Re: secure automated access (was "Re: Backing up all databases")

2003-11-12 Thread David T-G
satisfactory answer). Those of you who store your passwords in the script file for all to see, how do you keep all from seeing them? And those of you who don't, what are you doing to stay secure? And those of you who have a different approach, what is it? TIA & HAND :-D - -- David

Re: secure automated access

2003-11-12 Thread David T-G
t see it. (If they % can see it, you've got bigger problems than just the mysql password). Yeah :-) Even if we're *not* talking about root, too. % % Michael Thanks & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: secure automated access

2003-11-12 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike -- ...and then Michael Stassen said... % % Mikael Fridh wrote: [And thank you to Mikael, too.] % % >On Wednesday 12 November 2003 17.15, David T-G wrote: % > % >>What if one user connects to the database as different users

Re: Backup question.

2003-11-13 Thread David T-G
. Is there any way to do What about, on machine two, mysqldump -hmachine1 -uuser -ppassword --opt --all-databases > backup or so? % this besides using ftp. Definitely. There's scp, for instance ;-) % % Any help would be appreicated. % % Richard HTH & HAND :-

created user but access denied

2004-03-23 Thread David T-G
ly obvious omission have I failed to see? TIA & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone

Re: php script for new database and user

2004-03-23 Thread David T-G
head, and without any real security checking since you're the only who will use the script and you know better). This will ask for db name, db user, db pass and then connect as your root user to attempt to create the database and then give the user permissions on it (thereby creating the

created user but access denied

2004-03-23 Thread David T-G
Enter password: ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: YES) and, similarly, the web script cannot get in. Yet when I select the user record from mysql.user and mysql.db they appear complete. What glaringly obvious omission have I failed

Re: sorry for the dupe post (was "Re: created user but ...")

2004-03-23 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi again, all -- ...and then David T-G said... % % I have just moved my web site from one server to another (whew!) and I am % having a problem with a mysql user definition for a calendar program. ... Sorry for the duplicate post; I only realized

Re: created user but access denied

2004-03-23 Thread David T-G
thout a password properly asks me for one (so I'm not showing it on the command line to anyone with ps tools :-) % % Thanks & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage

Re: created user but access denied

2004-03-23 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Egor, et al -- ...and then Egor Egorov said... % % David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: % > % > I have just moved my web site from one server to another (whew!) and I am % > having a problem with a mysql user definition for a c

creating related tables

2002-11-30 Thread David T-G
ted column or a whatever when I create this table? TIA & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "

Re: creating related tables

2002-12-01 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello again -- ...and then David T-G said... % % I would like to create a couple of related tables (just for starters) but % I can't figure out how to do it; there are lots of CREATE TABLE examples % in the mysql manual but nothing that

Re: creating related tables

2002-12-01 Thread David T-G
:-) % % PB Thanks & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org

Re: creating related tables

2002-12-01 Thread David T-G
:-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!

Re: backing up mySQL database ?

2002-12-01 Thread David T-G
I can design and implement it, though, at my usual consulting rates; you might want to sit down with me (or anyone else, but *someone*) and see what you really need and what it's going to cost you. % % Rgds, % Neil HTH & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G

Re: creating related tables

2002-12-01 Thread David T-G
le_size33554432 tmpdir/var/tmp/ version 3.23.52 How does it look, Doc? Will I ever play the violin? % % PB Thanks & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and n

protecting ccard numbers

2002-12-01 Thread David T-G
tions with a ccard and then bill the card if you fail to show, not unlike hotels do. AFAIK they retain card numbers long-term for customer convenience (heh -- and their own, as we all truly know) and so I can't store them in a non-backed-up, one-time-pad table or some such. TIA & HAN

Re: advice

2002-12-02 Thread David T-G
.2.3 "How Stable is MySQL?". % % Thanks, % Joao. HTH & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health&

Re: The 4.0.6 version

2002-12-02 Thread David T-G
leted.] HTH & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/d

Re: protecting ccard numbers

2002-12-02 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 William -- ...and then William R. Mussatto said... % % On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, David T-G wrote: % % > Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 18:42:03 -0500 % > From: David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> % > To: mysql users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> % > S

Re: How to get mysql owner password?

2002-12-02 Thread David T-G
;mysql" % database? You might try starting mysqld with --skip-grant-table to remove the restrictions and then create a fully-capable account (or change the database root account password) and then restart normally. % % Thank you, % Jing HTH & HAND :-D - -- David T-G

Re: protecting ccard numbers

2002-12-02 Thread David T-G
ns to the data. A third person cannot read it. Sounds like a start. Thanks for the ideas! % -- Bernd mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: creating related tables

2002-12-02 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter, et al -- ...and then Peter Brawley said... % % > I can't find a my.cnf file anywhere on this % > FreeBSD 4.5 system! % > % > I know [also from your other reply :-] that I can set various options in % > my personal .my.cnf file... Does that i

relational is relational is relational, but ...

2002-12-03 Thread David T-G
;m not any of the first three? TIA & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www

Re: Newbie Question

2002-12-03 Thread David T-G
of course prefer to use Apache as my web server. Of course! % % Other than that, I am open to suggestions or comments. HTH & HAND % % bjc- mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral cou

Re: relational is relational is relational, but ...

2002-12-14 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, all -- ...and then David T-G said... % % I apologize in advance for asking kindergarten-level questions on the % list, but my head is getting really bruised from this one. I'm trying to I still don't understand it all ;-) bu

Re: REGEXP emal address query

2002-12-14 Thread David T-G
n email address beginning with [-_\.] (though I don't have time to test it at the moment). Wouldn't something simple like ... WHERE Email NOT REGEXP ".*@.*" do the job nicely (if not the 'NOT REGEXP "@"' of another reply)? It certainly would be easie

sorted tables and fast selects

2002-12-15 Thread David T-G
ndled for me :-) Is sorting and speed a consideration when making a select request? Is that the sort of thing where an index will speed things up? TIA & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not suffi

Re: running mysql (mysql users)

2002-12-15 Thread David T-G
n't casually log in on your machine as root, you shouldn't casually use a root mysql user for your work. You might make a root account for yourself, but also make a normal account and work within that except when you need special access. % % Thanks, % % TR HTH & HAND mysql qu

Re: sorted tables and fast selects

2002-12-15 Thread David T-G
# last, first names lname varchar(40) , index (lname) , fname varchar(40) , index (fname) , mname varchar(40) , ... ) ; for a client table with indexed first and last name fields? % % PB I'll ask about char vs varchar and text next time :-) Thanks & HAND

to var or not to var (char, that is)

2002-12-15 Thread David T-G
ld have to be an "executive summary" overview so that it didn't my eyes bleed, though :-) TIA & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PRO

Re: running mysql (mysql users)

2002-12-15 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ted -- ...and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] said... % % On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 08:15 AM, David T-G wrote: % % >...and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] said... % >% ... % >% Most things I've read say to establish a "mysql" user -I

Re: sorted tables and fast selects

2002-12-15 Thread David T-G
E like 'smith%' or such? % % PB % Thanks a bunch & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and

Re: to var or not to var (char, that is)

2002-12-15 Thread David T-G
rows will not be updated" or the like. % % Regards, % -- % Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> % CEO / Geschäftsleitung iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> % Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) % Telefon: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 Thanks a bunch! & HAN

more about using sets

2002-12-16 Thread David T-G
definition and then list from there (and then it gets messy if we add a new level) or do I create a "jobscalelevels" table and define the levels in there and then set the personnel.level field to match and forget about the idea of a set? TIA & HAND & Happy Ho

Re: more about using sets

2002-12-16 Thread David T-G
rupted (MC, MasterCard, mastercard, ...), but I guess that gets enforced in the software interface, right? Thanks again & HAND & Happy Holidays mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient mo

Re: How can I duplicate a mysql template database?

2002-12-17 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daevid -- ...and then Daevid Vincent said... % % Thanks for the reply Bill, however this did not solve the problem. I % still receive the same error with your method as well. % % 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '; % CREATE TABLE Depa

Re: How can I duplicate a mysql template database?

2002-12-17 Thread David T-G
an. Just try to create a db and two % tables and you'll see it choke. Actually, while I do both php and mysql, I haven't yet done mysql from php -- and so I'd be a lousy debugging source for that :-) % % d HTH & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G

Re: Can MySQL handle 120 million records?

2002-12-17 Thread David T-G
d for redundancy, perhaps as a slave server, since this is business and time is money). HTH & HAND & Happy Holidays mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL

Re: Can MySQL handle 120 million records?

2002-12-18 Thread David T-G
ing accessed. But I specifically wasn't talking about HW/OS limitations because he wasn't :-) % 80 million records and it takes minutes with a gig of RAM % and 800 pentium III. each minute in front of a computer is % like dog years... 1 = 7 *grin* Too true... % % % Jim HTH &

style question: "drop database" in an install script

2002-12-27 Thread David T-G
xit "some error" ; create database dbname ; ... and not try to create and populate a database on top of an existing one? Or is there perhaps a "RENAME DATABASE" command (I saw RENAME TABLE) so that I could rename the old one to get it out of the way but not toss it? TIA & HAND m

altering data structure

2002-12-27 Thread David T-G
; Happy Holidays mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/Sh

encryption, access, scripting in a database

2002-12-27 Thread David T-G
p; Happy Holidays mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/da

Re: style question: "drop database" in an install script

2002-12-28 Thread David T-G
, you could react very flexible % on the concerns you mentioned. Yeah. There will be an installation script (probably shell, because of its portability, but perhaps perl for power) so I can just take the extra steps of detecting the database and getting rid of it as a subtask. % % HTH, It does; th

Re: altering data structure

2002-12-28 Thread David T-G
n a real database but I'll be inserting the values one at a time from my front end where I'll calculate the md5 sum myself, but it works as an example.] % can test with the SELECT and only add CREATE TABLE / INSERT part at % the end. And LIMIT is your friend. OK :-) % % HTH, % % B

ensuring an instructor, client, or room isn't double-booked

2002-12-28 Thread David T-G
lly slow as the table grows... Is this the sort of thing where a temporary table is advised, or should I define a reverse table that shows each instructor and his/her bookings, or what? TIA & HAND & Happy Holidays :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (

Re: Anyone have MySQL/PHP running from CD?

2002-12-29 Thread David T-G
content as well :-) % % 'Preciate any aid on this. HTH & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, &

Re: altering data structure

2002-12-29 Thread David T-G
gh I like mysql... % % HTH, % % Benjamin. % % % -- % [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks & HAND & HH :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Scie

Re: ensuring an instructor, client, or room isn't double-booked

2002-12-29 Thread David T-G
ve :-) I thought that a temporary table helps to speed up specific queries because the grouping is already done and then you just select from that, but I dunno :-) % % HTH, % % Benjamin. % % -- % [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks & HAND & Happy Holidays :-D - -- David T-G

Re: style question: "drop database" in an install script

2002-12-30 Thread David T-G
ep all my "drop" statements in one script, all my % "create" scripts in another, and all my "populate" scripts in yet another. Yeah, I think I'll do something like that. % % Arthur Thanks & HAND & Happy Holidays mysql query, :-D -- David T-G

indexing a blob

2002-12-30 Thread David T-G
nyblob(255) not null but that puked at the create stage :-) TIA & HAND & Happy Holidays mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Ed

Re: indexing a blob

2002-12-30 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, all -- ...and then David T-G said... % ... % hashsum tinyblob not null , # hash of the card: have we seen this one? % index (hashsum) # for quick lookups ... % ERROR 1170 at line 49: BLOB column 'hash' u

Re: An Idea

2002-12-31 Thread David T-G
Regards, % -- % Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> % Geschäftsführer / CEO iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> % Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) % Tel: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 HTH & HAND & Happy Holidays mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G

Re: ensuring an instructor, client, or room isn't double-booked

2002-12-31 Thread David T-G
rary tables) only stumble upon a specific bottleneck. It Ahhh... % sounds to me as if you are worrying about non-issues currently. But, % of course, a basic understanding of what is going on never hurts. Heh. Yeah :-) Where can I buy one of those? ;-) % % HTH, and yes, HAND, too, % % Benjamin

Re: altering data structure

2002-12-31 Thread David T-G
> Thanks & HAND & HH % % % Hehe. I wondered about the non-abbriviation in your first mail % already. ;-) *grin* I figure the first one in the thread will define it for later since it's not too standard... :-) % % HTH, % % Benjamin. % % % -- % [EMA

loading a db table into a php array from mysql

2002-12-31 Thread David T-G
SQL question, so this once I've posted it to both lists. I'll also summarize to both. TIA & HAND & Happy New Year mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage.

SUMMARY - Re: loading a db table into a php array from mysql

2002-12-31 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, all -- ...and then David T-G said... % % I'm so far about knee-deep in my project where I'll be using php to talk % to the mysql database and spit out my web pages. I wonder if I should be % making individual calls to the database or

Re: An Idea

2002-12-31 Thread David T-G
jump on it at the start. HAND & Happy New Year mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://j

Re: FAQ hosting site (was "Re: An Idea")

2003-01-01 Thread David T-G
0948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 HTH & HAND & HNY :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpick

join help: i am lost

2003-01-01 Thread David T-G
nt and i.fname = 'penelope' order by timeslot; which gives me a lovely ++-+ | substring(s.timeslot,1,13) | concat(c.fname,' ',c.lname) | +--------+-+ | 2002-12-27 0

Re: join help: i am lost

2003-01-01 Thread David T-G
have more than % one class. % You no longer need to worry about double booking. Because I can come back to an unique index, you mean, perhaps? % % Hope this helps It's a start; thanks a bunch! HAND & HNY :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much ani

Re: join help: i am lost

2003-01-01 Thread David T-G
e came together in a group class). Even so, that still doesn't answer the question of how to have data of different magnitude in the same table. If I have one class with one person and another with two people, how would I have a single record for each which lists the client(s)? Thanks again

Re: join help: i am lost

2003-01-01 Thread David T-G
row and fill in the left-most empty one? Do I stick the IDs in a text field and then parse my way across that field, or can the DB do it? % % Any way % You may have to re-think parts of your database structure. A good book on % ERD diagrams might help. Indeed. % % Bes

Re: FAQ hosting site

2003-01-02 Thread David T-G
! % % I'd be happy to build the software, if that helps. We'd love to have you :-) % % Let me know % % Peter Thanks & HAND & HNY mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not suffic

Re: FAQ hosting site

2003-01-02 Thread David T-G
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks for the pointer! % % Bruce Thanks & HAND & HNY mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker

Re: user/root

2003-01-02 Thread David T-G
you're also walking around with a loaded and cocked gun with the safety off and your finger on the trigger. Don't stumble :-) % % TKS % Rick HTH & HAND & Happy New Year mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [E

Re: FAQ hosting site

2003-01-02 Thread David T-G
ain mysql list. But even lurkers are welcome on the FAQ list :-) % % Regards, % -- % Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks & HAND & HNY :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral cour

Re: "What MySQL is"

2003-01-03 Thread David T-G
uggest that this be part of the now-nascent FAQ, so I've copied the mysql-faq list on this reply. Thanks & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Backups mechanism

2003-01-07 Thread David T-G
Well, there again you're crossing functionality... The developers care about the database engine and how to get data in and out quickly; backup is an entirely separate issue. Yes, it's important, but it's very much a different animal -- and so it shouldn't be part of the same

Re: When is learning chargeable to a client?

2003-01-08 Thread David T-G
ty, perl) at 0.25 until recently and have just made the jump; yay :-) Meanwhile, if you're tracking your pro-bono and/or learning time, it may be better for you to credit back the hours because you can then count up what you've given away. % % Many thanks, HTH & HAND % %

Re: My new forum

2003-01-09 Thread David T-G
else is computer related'. I just don't have the time for all of that other stuff, even if I do run off at the mouth mysqlf (hey, that typo is good enough to leave in here :-) sometimes. % % Larry S. Brown % Dimension Networks, Inc. % (727) 723-8388 mysql query, :-D - -- David T

Re: Question

2003-01-11 Thread David T-G
e password for that user. More in the manual :-) % % George Flatman HTH & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy

Re: Question

2003-01-12 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Zak & George -- ...and then Zak Greant said... % % On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 11:50:28PM -0500, David T-G wrote: % > % > ...and then Gman said... % > % % > % How can I delete a database in MySQL so I recreate it? % > % > echo

how to have varying number of fields?

2003-01-14 Thread David T-G
he foreign 'composer' field? TIA & HAND Good grief; even Dan's qsecretary is better than this mysql query thing! :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL

when to normalize out to a table

2003-01-14 Thread David T-G
ne decide what to do in a grey area of this sort -- in this situation, for example? ;-) TIA & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: when to normalize out to a table

2003-01-14 Thread David T-G
hat is just a bunch of FKs to other tables. Oh, I agree :-) % % YMMV, HTH, % =C= Thanks & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mar

ANSWERED: Re: how to have varying number of fields?

2003-01-14 Thread David T-G
lightened. % Design" or something like that. I'm sure there's not a lot of posts that % mention grapes and wines on the list. Yeah :-) Thanks! to all & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: when to normalize out to a table

2003-01-14 Thread David T-G
ading on joins and haven't figured it out yet. Pointers to favorite tutorials are appreciated, but I'm trying not to flat-out ask the list to explain it to me (though that's fine with me at this point, too). % % =C= Thanks again & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G

Re: when to normalize out to a table

2003-01-14 Thread David T-G
our table structure, which I'll do in more detail now that I have an example against it, and then I have to figure out how to read that to learn a bit about how it works -- but I'm very grateful! % % =C= % % * % * Cal Evans % * Stay plugged into your audience. % * http://www.christianper

Re: [ gamma file ]

2003-01-16 Thread David T-G
no expected bugs and you can start using it now, though we'll probably do more development and add some features here and there" in the MySQL world as well as for much other software. I think that Microsoft starts selling their products at about the 'beta' stage,

Re: --- Best ISP for MySQL & PHP ???

2003-01-17 Thread David T-G
D mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf

Re: Re: indexing a full text

2003-01-21 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Victoria, et al -- ...and then Victoria Reznichenko said... % % On Monday 20 January 2003 16:16, David T-G wrote: % > create table pieces % > ( ... % > words text (4095) , % > fulltext index (words(4095)) % > ) ; % % Dav

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