Have you tried "SELECT MAX(`timestamp`) FROM minutely_inbound_handovers;"?
-JF > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 6:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: max() null bug with funny column name > > > >Description: > > You expect a little goophiness when you set up a column named timestamp. > This odd behaviour I consider a bug. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > show fields from minutely_inbound_handovers; > +-------------------------+----------------------+------+-----+--- > ------------------+----------------+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | > Default | Extra | > +-------------------------+----------------------+------+-----+--- > ------------------+----------------+ > | id | bigint(20) unsigned | | PRI | > NULL | auto_increment | > | cell | smallint(5) unsigned | | | 0 > | | > | timestamp | datetime | | MUL | > 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | | > | attempted | smallint(5) unsigned | | | 0 > | | > +-------------------------+----------------------+------+-----+--- > ------------------+----------------+ > 15 rows in set (0.00 sec) > > select max(timestamp) from minutely_inbound_handovers; > +----------------+ > | max(timestamp) | > +----------------+ > | NULL | > +----------------+ > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > select timestamp from minutely_inbound_handovers where timestamp is null; > Empty set (2.74 sec) > > select max(timestamp) from minutely_inbound_handovers where > timestamp is not null; > +---------------------+ > | max(timestamp) | > +---------------------+ > | 2002-07-25 14:00:00 | > +---------------------+ > 1 row in set (3.73 sec) > > >Fix: > > > >Submitter-Id: ?? > >Originator: Jettero Heller > >Organization: > >MySQL support: none > >Synopsis: max() null bug with funny column name > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Category: mysql > >Class: sw-bug > >Release: mysql-4.0.1-alpha (Official MySQL RPM) > >Server: /usr/bin/mysqladmin Ver 8.23 Distrib 4.0.1-alpha, for > pc-linux-gnu on i686 > Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, > and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license > > Server version 4.0.1-alpha > Protocol version 10 > Connection Localhost via UNIX socket > UNIX socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > Uptime: 55 min 52 sec > > Threads: 1 Questions: 604 Slow queries: 10 Opens: 23 Flush > tables: 1 Open tables: 11 Queries per second avg: 0.180 > >Environment: > > System: Linux mercury.msgexp.net 2.4.18 #1 Wed Jun 19 13:34:15 > EDT 2002 i686 unknown > Architecture: i686 > > Some paths: /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake > /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc > GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs > gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98) > Compilation info: CC='gcc' CFLAGS='-O6 -fno-omit-frame-pointer > -mpentium' CXX='gcc' CXXFLAGS='-O6 -fno-omit-frame-pointer > -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -mpentium' > LDFLAGS='' > LIBC: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jun 19 11:14 > /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.2.5.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1343176 Apr 15 10:02 /lib/libc-2.2.5.so > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2310808 Apr 15 10:02 /usr/lib/libc.a > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Apr 15 09:55 /usr/lib/libc.so > Configure command: ./configure --disable-shared > --with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static > --with-client-ldflags=-all-static --without-berkeley-db > --with-innodb --enable-assembler --with-mysqld-user=mysql > --with-unix-socket-path=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --prefix=/ > --with-extra-charsets=complex --exec-prefix=/usr > --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share > --localstatedir=/var/lib/mysql --infodir=/usr/info > --includedir=/usr/include --mandir=/usr/man > --with-embedded-server --enable-thread-safe-client > '--with-comment=Official MySQL RPM' > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
