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From: "Craig Meyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 3:20
Subject: SELECT query


> List,
>
> Our site is running mysql server version 3.22.32
> I'm a power user - not the DBA, so forgive my ignorance.
>
> Is it possible to corrupt data with a SELECT query?

Very unlikely.  Have a look at the logs and see if something else was being
performed at around the same time.

>
> The connection is made via a shell script:
>
> mysql -h servername -u userid -ppassword database <<QUERY_INPUT
> SELECT c.id, s.id
> FROM customers c, simulations s
> WHERE c.name = 'Customer Name Here'
> AND s.cust_id = c.id
> AND s.name = 'Simulation Name Here'
> QUERY_INPUT
>
> During the period I was testing this script, our DBA indicated we lost
some
> data.
> Is this just a coincidence? I can't see how a benign query could cause
such
> a problem.
>
>
> Thanks.
> Craig Meyers
> Senior Engineer
> Invensys Dynamic Simulation
>
>
>


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