Oh, FYI, I did stop mysql first, change the file names, then restart it. Matt
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Kenigson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matt Kenigson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Problems with reserved words > Never mind. Renaming the files worked the trick. :) > > Matt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Kenigson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:35 AM > Subject: Problems with reserved words > > > > Howdy, > > > > Recently I was working with a contractor on a schema for a project. I'm > > terribly embarrassed to admit that one of the tables we came up with got > > named "order" since it keeps track of an order number assigned to a > shipment > > by a vendor. I bet you know what's coming next. Somehow, mysql didn't > > complain when he created the table, but I quickly realized our mistake > when > > every query, including RENAME and DROP queries came up as invalid because > of > > the reserved word ORDER. > > > > I figure that I'll have to dump all of the other tables, create a new db, > > reload all the tables into the new db and drop the old db to get rid of > that > > "order" table, then re-create it under a new name (ship_order, maybe). I > > was just hoping someone on the list might have another idea or some way to > > delimit the name. To be honest, I'm mostly curious at this point. It's > not > > really that much work to fix this (unless dropping the db proves to not > > work). > > > > Here's a thought: Would renaming the MYD, MYI, and frm files do the job? > > I'll try that now. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Matt Kenigson > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
