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errno being the number of the error. David W. Juntgen Medical Informatics Engineering Inc. Phone: 260.459.6270 Fax : 260.459.6271 > -----Original Message----- > From: Rhino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 5:17 PM > To: Titus; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Error documentation > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Titus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 4:53 PM > Subject: Error documentation > > > > > > > > Probably a real old question, but where > > can I go to look up a numbered error, > > as in > > > > ERROR 1005 at line 333502: Can't create table > > './warehouse/tblGTprojConfigs.frm' (errno: 150) > > > If you go to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/ and click on the second link under > "MySQL Reference Manual" - "Searchable, with user comments" - then enter a > search term in the search box on the resulting screen, you should find what > you want. > > If you search on '1005', the first hit takes you to a page > <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Error-handling.html> which won't tell you > much that you don't already know. > > However, if you look at some of the subsequent hits, or if you search on > '150', you'll get one hit that takes you to this page: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/InnoDB_error_codes.html. There, you will > find an explanation of error 1005, errno 150. > > Of course, that is only relevant if your table is using the InnoDB engine. > If you *aren't* using InnoDB, one of the other hits may answer your > question. > > Rhino > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]