I have a unique key on username and email address in mysql. In my application logic, I want to test for that response on failed insert. Error number 1062 tells me there is a duplicate key, but no way to tell what key that is.
The error string returned is more telling, but seems less than ideal to use for stability and upgrade issues. It tells me username is key 2 and email is key 3. So, if error_string ends with 'key 2' etc etc I took care to lowercase the error string, so that's covered. What is not, is that it may not always 'ends with', so I could move to 'contains'. Anyway, I think you see what my concern is, wonder what the preferred method to fix is, or if someone can tell me when, if ever, the error string has ever changed format in mysql. I could run a insert ahead of time and parse the returned results, but I would rather not add the overhead of another select ahead of time. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
