Thanks johan, Very useful - it seems so obvious now! There is an associated problem with transferring data into mysql. because if the application pushing the data finds a warning it just silently stops. anyway I can detect a warning 1265 Data truncated on the mysqldb? and make this visible - at worst I could tail a log file.
TIA Syd >Hi, >mysql> show warnings; >BR >johan Sydney Puente wrote: > Hello, > > I have an application which is inserting rows into a Mysql 5.024 db. > It seems to stop when an insert generates a warning. > when I insert the suspect line on the mysql commandline I get this: > Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.05 sec) > Other inserts that succeed seem not to generate warnings when I make the > insertion on > the command line. > > What can I do to troubleshoot this? > For example how can I access the actual warning? > > TIA > > Syd > > > >