Getting the length of a field

2001-11-18 Thread Jari Mäkelä
Hi, can you count the number of characters in a field with MySQL? The length(str) function seemed like a choice tool but can it be used to get the length of data in a field or is there some other way? Jari Mäkelä - Before po

Benchmarking

2001-11-18 Thread Rachman M.H
Dear all, I've been trying benchmark MySQL, SQL Server 7, and M$ Access 97. But, SQL Server 7 and M$ Access is won when connected and opening recordset using ADO, Even i'm using MyODBC with TCP/IP connections. If i'm use cursorlocation=serverside with adOpenDynamic, and adLockOptimistic, still M

Re: Problem compiling MySQL 4.0.0 on FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE

2001-11-18 Thread Ovanes Manucharyan
Mysql placed the libmysqlclient.so.10 in /usr/local/lib/mysql and thus out of my search path. A quick and dirty fix was to create a symlink from /usr/local/lib Ovanes On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Nov 18), Ovanes Manucharyan said: > > Thanks, I tried it again and

RE: mysql+myodbc+coldfusion

2001-11-18 Thread Venu
Hi, > -Original Message- > From: berndt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 8:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: mysql+myodbc+coldfusion > > > Hi > > I am currently trying to get coldfusion, mysql, and myodbc to live happily > together on a windows 2000 m

Re: Problem compiling MySQL 4.0.0 on FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE

2001-11-18 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Nov 18), Ovanes Manucharyan said: > Thanks, I tried it again and it worked. (at least it seemst to have > created some seemingly working binaries.) (I had tried 5 times to no > avail before I sent a message to the list.. so go figger.) > > Now to my real problem. I'm trying

Re: Here's a good one

2001-11-18 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:26:55PM +1300, Quentin Bennett wrote: > Excuse the poor formatting Please use '\G' next time. > Any comments on the 'Time' column for Connection 115 anyone? It's a bit insane. > The queries are running fine, just wondered why the value is screwed. > 3.23.40 Solaris

mysql+myodbc+coldfusion

2001-11-18 Thread berndt
Hi I am currently trying to get coldfusion, mysql, and myodbc to live happily together on a windows 2000 machine. However i keep getting a "[TCX][Myodbc]Transactions are not enabled" error. In the setup for the system dsn I have NOT disabled transactions. So whats up? any help would be really a

Re: Problem compiling MySQL 4.0.0 on FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE

2001-11-18 Thread Ovanes Manucharyan
Thanks, I tried it again and it worked. (at least it seemst to have created some seemingly working binaries.) (I had tried 5 times to no avail before I sent a message to the list.. so go figger.) Now to my real problem. I'm trying to make udmsearch work and it needs libmysqlclient.so.10. I tho

Re: many similar requests -> 1 request

2001-11-18 Thread Anvar Hussain K.M.
Hi Boris, Try this: Select ifnull(position1,0)+ifnull(position2,0) As slno, title from book where ifnull(position1,0)+ifnull(position2,0) <= 200 order by slno Anvar. At 09:49 PM 17/11/2001 +0100, you wrote: >hi fellow mysql users :) > >i'm programming a little application, and i do the follow

database slow down

2001-11-18 Thread Richard Clarke
This is a followup to my previous messages indicating database slow down. After noticing the queries start to slow down earlier i decided to try and get some debug info. a show table status had one interesting thing. | raw| InnoDB | Fixed | 169681 | 1030 | 174817280 |

Re: Problem compiling MySQL 4.0.0 on FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE

2001-11-18 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Nov 18), Ovanes Manucharyan said: > Hi, > > I have a problem compiling MySQL on FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE. > > ./configure --with-libwrap --enable-shared > > gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.././innobase/pars -I.. -I../.././innobase/pars/../ > include -I../.././innobase/pars/../../i

Problem compiling MySQL 4.0.0 on FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE

2001-11-18 Thread Ovanes Manucharyan
Hi, I have a problem compiling MySQL on FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE. ./configure --with-libwrap --enable-shared and this is what I get. {...} gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.././innobase/pars -I.. -I../.././innobase/pars/../ include -I../.././innobase/pars/../../include -I../../include-DDBUG_OFF

HANDLER strange behaviour

2001-11-18 Thread Ian Collins
If you open a table using HANDLER, e.g, HANDLER MYTABLE OPEN; then during the course of your application truncate that table, e.g, TRUNCATE TABLE MYTABLE; then you get some really wierd behaviour (my wierd behaviour was the application rolling on a free in a completely different part of t

nested select queries

2001-11-18 Thread yilmaz
hi everybody, i have a simple problem, but somehow i couldn't solve it i hope someone overthere can help me. i have a select query as below: select no,subject,ndate from cat1 where news like '%"+search+"%' limit "+page_no+",5" i also want to find out how many rows are there in the result set. what

Re: Column headers using SELECT * INTO OUTFILE...?

2001-11-18 Thread Paul DuBois
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:19:41PM +1300, James Robertson - Composite Design wrote: > Hello > > Is there a way to include table column names as headers using 'SELECT * INTO > OUTFILE...'? > > Cheers > James A Robertson No. SELECT selects data from the table. The column names are not table dat

Column headers using SELECT * INTO OUTFILE...?

2001-11-18 Thread James Robertson - Composite Design
Hello Is there a way to include table column names as headers using 'SELECT * INTO OUTFILE...'? Cheers James A Robertson - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.c

Table1 [CROSS] JOIN Table2 means what??

2001-11-18 Thread Uriel Wittenberg
The current Reference Manual does not explain certain types of JOIN. Specifically: table_reference [CROSS] JOIN table_reference is nowhere explained. - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the

Release 3.23.44 Binary Distribution

2001-11-18 Thread Randal Lovern
SEND-PR: -*- send-pr -*- SEND-PR: Lines starting with `SEND-PR' will be removed automatically, as SEND-PR: will all comments (text enclosed in `<' and `>'). SEND-PR: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [The Script safe_mysqld terminates with an errcode: 13] >Description:

Re: Dumb Question: Listing tables in telnet

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Price
Todd, The "arrow" is like the PS2 prompt from your shell in Unix. That is, the first line of your command says Mysql> and every line thereafter is just a "greater-than". This is because the mysql client is waiting for more commands. You can enter more than one command at a time this way, and

DB Access problem

2001-11-18 Thread Kamaraj Shankar
Hi, I just installed MYSQL verion 3.23.44-max version. I verified the default database tables under tool WinMySQLAdmin and I could see all tables and fields of default databases. As per security advice, I removed the default user with command "DELETE FROM USER WHERE HOST="localhost" an

Treating multiple records as a single-multiple value

2001-11-18 Thread Sparta Cruz
mysql> create database colors; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec) mysql> use colors Database changed mysql> CREATE TABLE Colors( -> -> cid INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, -> data VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec) mysql> insert into C

Re: how to handle circular references if DB enforces ref. integrity

2001-11-18 Thread Arjen G. Lentz
Hi Bennett, - Original Message - From: "Bennett Haselton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In a database that enforced referential integrity, if you say that a field > in one table is a foreign key referencing another table, then any value in > the foreign key field in the first table must referenc

Re: how do you find out which table fields are foreign keys?

2001-11-18 Thread Arjen G. Lentz
Hi Bennett, - Original Message - From: "Bennett Haselton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just wondering if anyone who knew the answer to this might have missed it > before -- sorry to keep nagging but I really need to find out how, or > whether, you can determine which fields in a table are fore

Re: pdf and html-split manuals

2001-11-18 Thread Arjen G. Lentz
Hi Michael, - Original Message - From: "Michael A. Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm looking for the pdf and the html-split manuals for MySQL-3.23.44 > The one page manual is included in the source distribution, but all I can > find on the website for split and pdf versions are for MySQL

Re: truncates

2001-11-18 Thread Tom Bradford
Richard Clarke wrote: > > I thought truncates were supposed to be really fast. I don't really notice > any difference in speed between a truncate query and a delete query. What is > actually involved in a truncate. The docs says its faster because a drop and > recreate occurs but how is this actu

truncates

2001-11-18 Thread Richard Clarke
I thought truncates were supposed to be really fast. I don't really notice any difference in speed between a truncate query and a delete query. What is actually involved in a truncate. The docs says its faster because a drop and recreate occurs but how is this actually faster. Ric -

error while connecting to mysql

2001-11-18 Thread guillaume Membré
hello I'm running a server mysql 3.23.44 on a debian potato I start my server with : mysqld -u mysql mysqld: ready for connections I configure my pass for root. when I connect to it with mysql -p it works but mysql -h p204.mde.emn.fr -p Enter password: ERROR 2013: Lost connection to MySQL s

Update using 2 tables

2001-11-18 Thread Michael Wesner
When will MySql support the UPDATE statement with more then one table. E.g. UPDATE table1, table2 SET table1.col1=table2.col1 WHERE ... Or ist there a work around? Many regards, Michael - Before posting, please check: http

pdf and html-split manuals

2001-11-18 Thread Michael A. Peters
I'm looking for the pdf and the html-split manuals for MySQL-3.23.44 The one page manual is included in the source distribution, but all I can find on the website for split and pdf versions are for MySQL-4.0 alpha, which I'm not ready to run yet (not that I don't trust them, just that 3.23 stable

Multiple get_locks for advisory locking

2001-11-18 Thread Ian Collins
I need to setup a system for advisory locking within mysql. (Local client locking is not sufficient as clients are on multiple machines). The documentation mentions the GET_LOCK call which sounds perfect, except that the previous lock is released when GET_LOCK is called again (i.e, a thread can

Can not create a new user @"%" under windows98?

2001-11-18 Thread wei song
Hi, I found that if I set it as user1@localhost, other than @"%", it worked. Anyone knows how to create users who can access MySql from anywhere under windows OS? Thanks! --- wei song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > It still failed. But if I tried to use GRANT to > create > a new user w

RE: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot connect to MySQL serveronlocalhost:3306.

2001-11-18 Thread Venu
Hi, > -Original Message- > From: Prasad Valmeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 12:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Nguyen Trong Phuc; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot connect to MySQL server > onlocalhost:3306. > > > Hi Venu, >

Re: "read only" message

2001-11-18 Thread Russell Miller
Have you tried checking the permissions on the .frm files? --Russell - Original Message - From: "Barbara Ferrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 9:08 AM Subject: "read only" message > i am using linux redhat 7.2. on my home computer.. i am

Re: DBMS that integrates well with object-oriented programming

2001-11-18 Thread Ilya Martynov
BH> After converting the data in my project from text files to MySQL BH> tables, things are certainly working more smoothly than they were BH> before, but since I use objects (in Perl, which barely supports BH> objects, but that's another story) I have to write a lot of annoyingly BH> repetitive

Re: Dumb Question: Listing tables in telnet

2001-11-18 Thread Jason Wong
On Monday 19 November 2001 01:25, Todd Williamsen wrote: > I looked all through the documentation for this and I cannot find the > command for listing tables in mysql in telnet. > > I get this: > Mysql> show tables > -> > > I have no idea what the arrow does and what I am suppose to do with > it

Recursive select to produce hierarchical listing

2001-11-18 Thread Michael Collins
I am trying to display a hierarchically related list of folders via a recursive SQL statement (each row in a table represents a folder). What is needed is a select that will sort the folders and associate the parent folder with their child, sub-folders. The kicker is that the items in the fold

Re: Dumb Question: Listing tables in telnet

2001-11-18 Thread denis
-> is a continuatin line for your sql stamement. Remember yo conclude your statement with a semi=colon... Denis Todd Williamsen wrote: > I looked all through the documentation for this and I cannot find the > command for listing tables in mysql in telnet. > > I get this: > Mysql> show tables >

Re: "read only" message

2001-11-18 Thread Bruce Ferrell
The message means that the databse files themselves have incorrect permissions for the user mysql is running as. ps -ef | grep mysql will show who mysqld is running as. Then check the owership/permissions of the files to see if they are owned by that user. I think you'll find they are not owne

Dumb Question: Listing tables in telnet

2001-11-18 Thread Todd Williamsen
I looked all through the documentation for this and I cannot find the command for listing tables in mysql in telnet. I get this: Mysql> show tables -> I have no idea what the arrow does and what I am suppose to do with it. I type in commands and it just does another -> What is that? Thank you,

Re: FULL TEXT results

2001-11-18 Thread Sergei Golubchik
Hi! On Nov 18, johnlucas-Arluna wrote: > Hi > > Having a few weird things with the FULL text Match, it's bringing back > records where there is definitely no match but the score is above 1. > > Using the following SQL: > > SELECT tblText.ID, tblText.Title, MATCH (pagetext) AGAINST ('thornham >

"read only" message

2001-11-18 Thread Barbara Ferrell
i am using linux redhat 7.2. on my home computer.. i am logged on as root@localhost. i get a message that my table is "read only". i thought the root user had all privileges and i cannot figure out how to give myself the privilege to change and alter my database and tables after i just created

Re: R: Access denied for the new created user!

2001-11-18 Thread wei song
Hi, It still failed. But if I tried to use GRANT to create a new user without password, then this new user can access MySql; Why? How can I fix it? Please help! Thanks! wei --- Riccardi Moreno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Before login with new account you must reload server > with this comman

List Info

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Price
Bill, Actually, there *is* a digest -- send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the information about this and all other listserver commands is in the "welcome" message that you should have received as your first mysql@lists email. I have been using the digest. BUT... All of Bernie's comments are righ

Re: Mysql start on RH Linux 7.1

2001-11-18 Thread mweb
(me looking down, ashamed...) Of course Usual RH style. I know it and use it for many other services, but for God knows which reason I just did not think about it this time. Maybe because I only wanted to experiment, not use it as a regular daemon to start at boot time every time.. Now it s

Re: Name of the Driver file ?

2001-11-18 Thread Peter Harvey
You should install MyODBC. Peter http://www.mysql.com http://www.unixodbc.org On Saturday 17 November 2001 23:34, Chaudhary, Prem Shankar wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to connect through ODBC Driver Manager(libiodbc-3.0.5) to MySql > Server. > > Can you tell me the MySql driver's Name & pat

SV: Mysql start on RH Linux 7.1

2001-11-18 Thread Linux
Hi, I've had the same problem, and after i remembered i used a symbolic link to solve this problem. Try this cd /tmp ln -s /var/lib/mysql mysql.sock Then try again to start Mysql. Regards Tuffy <---> http://www.tuffy.dk <---> -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: mweb [mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: column maximum?

2001-11-18 Thread jim barchuk
Hello Kurt! Just to expand a little on the 'whys' of ryan's post... On 17 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm creating a table, and because i'm a fan of single-table databases, > its turning out to have many colums. (It will have over 1100). Will > this be possible? Will this cause proble

FULL TEXT results

2001-11-18 Thread johnlucas-Arluna
Hi Having a few weird things with the FULL text Match, it's bringing back records where there is definitely no match but the score is above 1. Using the following SQL: SELECT tblText.ID, tblText.Title, MATCH (pagetext) AGAINST ('thornham manga') AS score FROM tblText WHERE MATCH (pagetext) AGAI

Re: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot connect to MySQL server on localhost:3306.

2001-11-18 Thread Nguyen Trong Phuc
Hi Venu ! First, u should try use : Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(HOST + DB, ACCOUNT, PASSWORD); intead of Properties. I writer java servlet, so i placed mm.driver in lib dir of each context, what's version of yr mm.driver, i'm using 2.0.4. u can know what's port running by "n

Mysql start on RH Linux 7.1

2001-11-18 Thread mweb
Hello, I have the following Mysql installed on a RH 7.1 PC: mysql-server-3.23.36-1 mysql-3.23.36-1 mysql-devel-3.23.36-1 php-mysql-4.0.4pl1-9 mysqlclient9-3.23.22-4 unixODBC-mysql-2.0.7-1 If I try to start Mysql as root, as explained in: http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/t/Starting_server.html I get

RE: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot connect to MySQL server onlocalhost:3306.

2001-11-18 Thread Prasad Valmeti
Hi Venu, Thanks for ur response. Ur first guess is correct ... mysqld server is not running. But whenever i tried to run it, it is showing this error: 08 13:59:01 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Address already in use 08 13:59:01 Do you

Re: how to get row size for a given table?

2001-11-18 Thread Bennett Haselton
At 10:16 AM 11/17/2001 -0700, Tom Bradford wrote: >Bennett Haselton wrote: > > Row sizes in MySQL tables can't exceed 65535 bytes (BLOB and, > presumably, > > TEXT fields are not counted towards this total). That means you can't > > defined a table where the *possible* size of a row might be lar