problem with count (*) max (*) min (*)
I'm trying to do select count (*) from table. but it doesn't work ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '(*) from pendientes' at line 1 Same happens with max (column) and min (column). Do I have to install anything else or is something wrong. I'm using redhat 7.0 with the mysql that comes with this distribution - 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
Re: problem with count (*) max (*) min (*)
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 09:28:28AM +0200, Antonio Ortega Sancho wrote: I'm trying to do select count (*) from table. but it doesn't work ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '(*) from pendientes' at line 1 Same happens with max (column) and min (column). Do I have to install anything else or is something wrong. I'm using redhat 7.0 with the mysql that comes with this distribution Try count(*), max(column) and min(column). It probably doesn't accept the space you put in between there. Greetz, Peter -- Monopolyhttp://www.dataloss.nl/monopoly.html - 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
Re: problem with count (*) max (*) min (*)
Antonio Ortega Sancho writes: I'm trying to do select count (*) from table. but it doesn't work Try count(*) instead. -- Carl Troein - Círdan / Istari-PixelMagic - UIN 16353280 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://pixelmagic.dyndns.org/~cirdan/ Amiga user since '89, and damned proud of it too. - 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
Re: problem with count (*) max (*) min (*)
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 09:28:28AM +0200, Antonio Ortega Sancho wrote: I'm trying to do select count (*) from table. but it doesn't work ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '(*) from pendientes' at line 1 Same happens with max (column) and min (column). No space allowed after the function and the parens: Bad Good --- MIN (foo)MIN(foo) MAX (foo)MAX(foo) COUNT (*)COUNT(*) Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.41-max: up 1 days, processed 18,902,837 queries (190/sec. avg) - 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
Re: problem with count (*) max (*) min (*)
It would appear that you are putting spaces between Count and the bracket which as far as I can tell will not work hence try count(*) etc... Chris Thorpe - Original Message - From: Antonio Ortega Sancho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mysql (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 8:28 AM Subject: problem with count (*) max (*) min (*) I'm trying to do select count (*) from table. but it doesn't work ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '(*) from pendientes' at line 1 Same happens with max (column) and min (column). Do I have to install anything else or is something wrong. I'm using redhat 7.0 with the mysql that comes with this distribution - 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
