I'm finally getting back to this issue, and I've read the bits on
artfulsoftware. The example
SELECT
a.id+1 AS 'Missing From',
MIN(b.id) - 1 AS 'To'
FROM tbl AS a, tbl AS b
WHERE a.id < b.id
GROUP BY a.id
HAVING a.id < MIN(b.id) - 1;
Looks like exactly what I want. However, when I try it (prod is my tbl,
prod_num is my id) I get
mysql> select a.prod_num + 1 AS `Missing From`,
-> MIN(b.prod_num - 1) AS `To`
-> from prod as a, prod as b
-> where a.prod_num < b.prod_num
-> group by a.prod_num
-> having a.prod_num < min(b.prod_num) -1 ;
ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unknown column 'a.prod_num' in 'having clause'
I must be missing something obvious; or does this not work in 4.1.22?
Regards,
Jerry Schwartz
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Brawley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:26 PM
>To: Stut; mysql@lists.mysql.com
>Subject: Re: Finding gaps
>
> >Is there any elegant way of finding the gaps?
>
>You'll find some ideas under (and near) "Find missing numbers in a
>sequence" at http://www.artfulsoftware.com/infotree/queries.php.
>
>PB
>
>-----
>
>Stut wrote:
>> On 17 Sep 2008, at 22:12, Jerry Schwartz wrote:
>>> I have records that should be sequentially (not auto-increment)
>>> numbered,
>>> but there are gaps. Is there any elegant way of finding the gaps?
>>
>> Why do they need to be sequential? When this requirement comes up it's
>> usually for illogical reasons.
>>
>> -Stut
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