RE: Need help with oracledump (contributed program)

2003-09-02 Thread Jim Smith
ntsInclude column comments > --default-precision Set to 18 > --default-scale Set to 0 > --complete-insert Includes list of column names > in insert statements > > I'm not a perl guy and I'm not sure what to make of it other than the > variabl

RE: Need help with oracledump (contributed program)

2003-09-01 Thread Jim Smith
> I'm trying to figure out how to use the contributed program > "oracledump" in an environment where I don't have a login to the *nix > host running Oracle. All my connectivity to the Oracle host is via > port 1521 and JDBC. > > The oracle dump command seems to be looking for a SID in a file calle

RE: Problem Query - Help Please

2003-08-29 Thread Jim Smith
> When I execute the following query I get duplicate > product_id's as shown > below: > > SELECT * FROM product, product_category_xref, category WHERE > product_parent_id='' > AND product.product_id=product_category_xref.product_id > AND category.category_id=product_category_xref.category_id > AND

RE: Need help optimizing query, awfully slow on only 20000 records

2003-08-20 Thread Jim Smith
What are you defining as a huge performance hit? Is the result set 20K records, or the base tables? How big are the base tables? Are the client and server on the same machine? Pulling 20K records across the network could take some time. Formatting 20K records into a pull -down list in access will

RE: CREATE TABLE, INSERT INTO with SELECT in parentheses

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Smith
> > Sorry, missed this. > > They do need them if you want to use ORDER BY on the result > of the UNION. > Only if you are also ordering the component parts of the union. This works create table y select * from x union select * from x order by 1 desc but this doesn't create table y selec

RE: Joins and Unions

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Smith
> Adtrack - holds data about an ads status (but NOT page number) > Dummy - holds data about ad position, geometry and page number > Stories - holds data about stories and their page number > Pages - holds data about pages and their status > > I want to be able to display a page and all its assoc

RE: CREATE TABLE, INSERT INTO with SELECT in parentheses

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Smith
But why do you need the parentheses? What is wrong with CREATE TABLE Foo2 SELECT * FROM sensei WHERE last_name IN (SELECT last_name FROM sensei UNION ALL select last_name FROM

RE: CREATE TABLE, INSERT INTO with SELECT in parentheses

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Smith
INTO with SELECT in parentheses > > > At 09:47 am 14/08/03, Jim Smith wrote: > >But why do you need the parentheses? > > This was a simplified query for example purposes. > > The real query looks more like > >(SELECT ...) UNION (SELECT ...) ORDER BY ... I repeat.

RE: INSERT .... SELECT

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Smith
Then you need to be even more explicit INSERT INTO nye_opskrifter (foo,bar) SELECT foo, bar FROM opskrifter where id in($numbers) > -Original Message- > From: Lars Rasmussen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 August 2003 19:22 > To: 'Jay Blanchard'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: INSERT

RE: Re: MySQL field data type for ISBN numbers

2003-08-12 Thread Jim Smith
> -Original Message- > From: Tomasz Korycki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 August 2003 05:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OT: Re: MySQL field data type for ISBN numbers > > > At 21:08 2003-08-10, you wrote: > >On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 05:25:05PM -0700, James Johnson wrote: >

RE: Help with count(*)

2003-08-11 Thread Jim Smith
> > what ever happend to a unique primary key like userID ? > User is not the primary key. This is a logging table so the primary key is likely to be a timestamp of some sort. Read the question. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:htt

RE: RE: standardized naming system ?

2003-08-01 Thread Jim Smith
> idx - index > fld - field > > You can search them in google, but I'd like to know if MySQL has its > own established conventions too. > > Regards, > A$ > > - Original Message - > From: Jim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, August 1, 2003

RE: standardized naming system ?

2003-08-01 Thread Jim Smith
> > Hello list, > > is there a common naming system for db objects ? Thousands. > Like: > > 1) Tables: mytable, tblmytable, tbl_mytable > > 2) Indices: idx_anindex > > 3) Columns: int_somenumber, date_lastupdate > > 4) id for the numerical primary key e.g. table customers.id > and then fo

RE: WHERE x IN (SELECT x ...

2003-07-31 Thread Jim Smith
> > If this is the case, is there a crude workaround method of > attempting to > perform the following until such a time as it is? > > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE forum_id IN (SELECT forum_id FROM > forums WHERE team_no = 400) select count(message_id) -- assuming you have a non-null

RE: Advice wanted on Data Structure

2003-07-31 Thread Jim Smith
> -Original Message- > From: Donald Tyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 July 2003 16:42 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Advice wanted on Data Structure > > > I have a question that I hope I can explain well enough: > > I am trying to figure out a data structure for an inventory >

RE: Index Field

2003-07-25 Thread Jim Smith
> Just a quick question on whether I need both fields to > be indexed. > > The table is as below.. I'm wondering if I need to have these > 2 fields -> > fa_id & serial_no > > fa_id would be a 7 character int like "001", "002" > serial_no would be like "WMACK001", "WMACM121" >

RE: mysql setup compared to oracle

2003-07-17 Thread Jim Smith
> 1. No, especially not MyISAM. In MyISAM, a database (you can compare > that to instance) is just a directory on disk. Every table in this DB > (instance) again is file (well actually 3 files, one for data, one for > metadata, one for index information). Actually the server is equivalent to an

RE: mysql setup compared to oracle

2003-07-17 Thread Jim Smith
I'm fairly new to mysql myself, but I'll have a go. The mysql manual is at http://www.mysql.com/doc/. I've only dipped into it, but it seems to be pretty good. > Questions: > > 1. is mysql simular organized as oracle: instance/users/tables, > so that I have to connect to chossen instance a

RE: derived tables

2003-07-16 Thread Jim Smith
I don't Mysql very well, but I would be very surprised if that was supported, based on my experience with Oracle. You need to distinguish between data and database object names. You can use derived_tables to return data, but niot names. You can't do " select * from 'table'", because 'table' is a s

RE: Extracting data from SQL Server *.DB file

2003-07-15 Thread Jim Smith
>I've read through the archives and spent hours on Google but I still can't >figure this out. I must extract the data from a SQL Server *.DB file. Viewing >the raw text, I can see that there views, grants, etc. at the top of the file, >but this is a process that could not possible be done by hand

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Jim Smith
>> >I agree with your opinion in 100%, but in my case I need DBMS with >> >features like subselectes/utf-8/stored procedures but the >> speed is also >> >very important issue. >> >> You might have to spend money! >> >> >You are saying that there is DBMS with all this features and it is as >fast as

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Jim Smith
>> If maximum speed is critical. >> >> It's easy to lose sight of the fact that speed is not the >> only criterion >> in choosing a DBMS. Features, stability, security, and so on can be >> just as important or more so. No single DBMS is going to win all the >> prizes; the trick is to find th