Re: [sqlite] sqlite-users Digest, Vol 147, Issue 13

2020-03-13 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
Thank you, thank you! Balaji Ramanathan -- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Hipp To: General Discussion of SQLite Database < sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org> Cc: Bcc: Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:17:59 -0400 Subject: [sqlite] New SQLite Forum established - this mailin

Re: [sqlite] sqlite-users Digest, Vol 146, Issue 27

2020-02-27 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
't export an entire multi-tab spreadsheet as one CSV. Same thing applies to databases. You can either export each table as a CSV, then import them into multiple tabs of a spreadsheet and use vlookups to relate the data into one bigger dataset with more columns - or better yet, w

Re: [sqlite] Window functions in sqlite 3.26.0

2018-12-25 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
count of ID's using a range "between unbounded preceding and unbounded following" just seems wrong! Is there a simpler construct I am missing? Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan > From: Dan Kennedy > To: sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018

[sqlite] Window functions in sqlite 3.26.0

2018-12-23 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
functions were added in version 3.25.0, and does not give any indication as to whether they are enabled or disabled in the command line tool. Is there perhaps a pragma setting I have to turn on for window functions to work? Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan

Re: [sqlite] Possible bug in Alter Table

2018-11-27 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
the contents of the database into a text file, use search and replace to do the column rename, and then use .read to read it back into a SQLite database. Anything I have to watch out for if I do the above? Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan From: Richard Hipp To: SQLite mailing list Cc: Bcc: Date: Mon, 26

[sqlite] Possible bug in Alter Table

2018-11-25 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
d, or mangled the syntax in some way. Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users

Re: [sqlite] sqlite-users Digest, Vol 130, Issue 12

2018-10-12 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
>8. Re: sqlite-users Digest, Vol 130, Issue 11 (Shawn Wagner) > >On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:51:15 -0500, Balaji Ramanathan < > balaji.ramanat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>2. Re: SQLite mailing list > >> > > > > The 1990's called and t

Re: [sqlite] sqlite-users Digest, Vol 130, Issue 11

2018-10-11 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
> >2. Re: SQLite mailing list > > The 1990's called and they want their mailing lists back. So, let us switch to 21st century technology already. Count me in as an enthusiastic YES vote for proper forums (including subforums - so that I can read what I want and skip the rest instead of

Re: [sqlite] questions

2018-08-19 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
ance, for creating forms, reports, etc. I experimented with SQLite Expert, but found its user interface less to my liking. Neither of these tools will limit some people to read-only access to the database. Hope I have given you some things to think about, and hopefully try out to get an i

Re: [sqlite] Sqlite query to get the offset of an entry in the list

2018-04-28 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TABLE WHERE NAME <= (SELECT NAME FROM TABLE WHERE ID = 3 ORDER BY NAME ASC) Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users

Re: [sqlite] Selecting a non-unique column name in a WHERE clause

2018-03-08 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
postfixes come from? If I know a column is going to be repeated n times in my view, can I predict what the column names in the resulting output will be? Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:41 PM, Balaji Ramanathan < balaji.ramanat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > >

[sqlite] Selecting a non-unique column name in a WHERE clause

2018-03-08 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
lumns (even though, in the command line, they are revealed to me as "country" and "country:1"). Anyways, long description of a problem that has probably been encountered and solved many times before. If someone could give me the answer or point me to the documentat

Re: [sqlite] Update the SQLite package in Tcl

2017-11-19 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
Are there equivalent instructions for Windows? Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan -- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> To: SQLite mailing list <sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org> Cc: Bcc: Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 13:22:45 -0500 Subject: Re: [sq

Re: [sqlite] Confusion about DISTINCT keyword

2017-11-19 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
This is great information. Thank you very much for a clear explanation, Keith. I guess I have to go back to using CTE's to get what I want in this case. Balaji Ramanathan -- Forwarded message -- From: Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com> To: SQLite mailing list <sql

[sqlite] Update the SQLite package in Tcl

2017-11-18 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
om where? Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users

[sqlite] Confusion about DISTINCT keyword

2017-11-18 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
? Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users

Re: [sqlite] Best way to develop a GUI front-end

2017-11-16 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
Thank you, Peter. Perhaps it would be a good idea to update the SQLite website and point links to tcl.tk rather than tcl-lang.org. Balaji Ramanathan -- Forwarded message -- From: Peter Da Silva <peter.dasi...@flightaware.com> To: SQLite mailing list <sql

Re: [sqlite] Best way to develop a GUI front-end

2017-11-15 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
on that platform, I would appreciate it. Thank you again. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users

Re: [sqlite] Best way to develop a GUI front-end

2017-11-14 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
ww.tcl-lang.org website has been down for at least the past 3 days it looks like. Not sure how to interpret the reliability of a technology whose home website is down for days at a time. Balaji Ramanathan On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 6:00 AM, < sqlite-users-requ...@mailinglists

Re: [sqlite] sqlite-users Digest, Vol 119, Issue 14

2017-11-14 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
Very interesting. Thank you David. I have never used a recursive CTE before, so I am still trying to understand exactly how it works. But it does work, so I will definitely take a closer look. Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 6:00 AM, < sqlite-users-r

[sqlite] Best way to develop a GUI front-end

2017-11-13 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
front-end development tool (preferrably open-source, but just free and well-maintained is sufficient), I would appreciate it greatly. Thank you very much. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http

Re: [sqlite] Running sums and averages

2017-11-13 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
OK, thanks for the short and sweet answer! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Balaji Ramanathan > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Simon Slavin <slav...@bigfraud.org> > To: SQLite mailing list <sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org> >

[sqlite] Running sums and averages

2017-11-12 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
se fields. I have thought about creating a temp table out of this view so that I can index RowNumber (I don't know whether it will help) but it goes against my minimalist instincts. Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing

Re: [sqlite] sqlite-users Digest, Vol 119, Issue 12

2017-11-12 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
Ramanathan From: Igor Tandetnik <i...@tandetnik.org> > To: sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 21:17:24 -0500 > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Can someone explain these outputs for me? > On 11/11/2017 8:55 PM, Balaji Ramanathan wrote: > >> 3

[sqlite] Can someone explain these outputs for me?

2017-11-11 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
The only mentions of the "||" operator on the SQLite website ( https://sqlite.org/lang_expr.html) don't really explain what is going on in the above examples. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-use

Re: [sqlite] Something broke between version 3.15 and 3.19.3

2017-06-12 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
I am glad you were able to fix it quickly. I assume the next version of SQLite (3.19.4 or 3.20 or whatever) will include the fix? Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan On 6/11/17, Balaji Ramanathan <balaji.ramanat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Everything was working fine under 3.15.

Re: [sqlite] Something broke between version 3.15 and 3.19.3

2017-06-12 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
Thank you very much, Simon. I was able to downgrade to 3.18 using your instructions and everything seems to work now. Balaji Ramanathan On 11 Jun 2017, at 2:56pm, Balaji Ramanathan <balaji.ramanat...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is going to sound stupid, but I would like to know how to &

Re: [sqlite] Something broke between version 3.15 and 3.19.3

2017-06-11 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
Thank you very much, Dr. Hipp. I am glad I was not imagining a problem that nobody else could reproduce. If you need any additional details or if you can think of any other way I can help with the investigation, please let me know. Balaji Ramanathan PS: This is going to sound stupid, but I

[sqlite] Something broke between version 3.15 and 3.19.3

2017-06-10 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
e symptoms point to some kind of regression in sqlite between 3.15 and 3.19.3, and I would like to see if there is a fix that does not involve modifying my database. Thank you very much. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sq

Re: [sqlite] Messages posted on Nabble not getting to list

2016-05-30 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
and one I still have a soft spot for after all these years is Pascal. As for using SQLite with Access, once I got to that website and saw the references to Windows XP, I beat a hasty retreat! I am not that desperate, thank you very much!! Balaji Ramanathan >On 2016/05/30 7:09 PM, Balaji Ramanat

Re: [sqlite] Messages posted on Nabble not getting to list

2016-05-30 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
end similar to sqlite expert called aSQLiteManager ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.andsen.asqlitemanager). But this also seems to be more of a 1-person development effort, so I am not sure how feature-rich it will eventually become. Balaji Ramanathan >I agree on the u

Re: [sqlite] Messages posted on Nabble not getting to list

2016-05-29 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
capabilities that come with that. But it costs money to keep Access around, and it is usable only on my PC. I decided I could live without the prettiness so that I would have something that is more flexible and will remain accessible even if I don't have a Windows machine in the future. Balaji

Re: [sqlite] Messages posted on Nabble not getting to list

2016-05-27 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
ing up with the times, not already obsolete before you even download it and start using it. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users

Re: [sqlite] Messages posted on Nabble not getting to list

2016-05-26 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
me all the time. And a forum can be set up to email you every time someone posts something if you want to follow along in real-time. But if the main contributors prefer a mailing list then I can get used to it too. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users

Re: [sqlite] I need to merge tables from two databases

2016-05-26 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
Your case statement syntax is completely off. Also, the concatenation operator in sqlite is ||, not +. Try this: insert into Customer(id) select case when b.id = id then b.id||'A' else b.id end from customerb b Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users

Re: [sqlite] Messages posted on Nabble not getting to list

2016-05-26 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
, Bug Reports, etc., etc.) and readers don't have to wade through all the stuff they are not interested in just to participate in the stuff they are interested in. I understand that mailing lists were the norm in the 1990's, but times have changed. Balaji Ramanathan On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 4:53 PM

[sqlite] Fwd: Messages posted on Nabble not getting to list

2016-05-26 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
2; sqlite-us...@sqlite.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;sqlite-us...@sqlite.org Action: failed Status: 5.7.1 Remote-MTA: dns; mail.sqlite.org Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 5.7.1 <sqlite-us...@sqlite.org>: Recipient address rejected: Access denied -- Forwarded message -- From:

Re: [sqlite] View workarounds

2016-05-25 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
. Decisions, decisions . . . I vote for more extensive support of hidden columns in tables, views, etc. Is there some site for submitting enhancement requests for SQLite? Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org

[sqlite] View workarounds

2016-05-23 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
re was an easier way to do this using just the view rather than copying and pasting massive amounts of text between windows. Balaji Ramanathan

[sqlite] View workarounds

2016-05-23 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
. In the meantime, copying the view's definition as a query and adding the filtering and sorting clauses to the query gets me there. It is a little bit of work, but keeps my formatting so that I can scan each row quickly and verify the data (which is the primary aim of my view). Balaji Ramanathan

[sqlite] View workarounds

2016-05-23 Thread Balaji Ramanathan
involved, not just those in the SELECT clause. Maybe I am just spoilt! Thank you in advance for your thoughts on this. Balaji Ramanathan