Re: How many colums should a index contain?

2006-11-04 Thread John . H
Thanks all. And after these two days I have understood how to create a index to help my query to run more faster,also I found that use 'explain' before a query just get a result only provide reference cause it doesn't show the really result how the query is run,for example the 'key' item. That is

Multilanguage database design issue

2006-11-04 Thread Alphonse Langueduc
Hello, I'm not very experienced with MySql and I'm building a website that deal with user profiles. User profiles involves lists of preferences to choose from (for example, your contry, your profession, etc.), so the user chooses from a drop-down lists. The most natural solution for this is to

Re: left join , Unknown column 't1.itemid' in 'on clause'

2006-11-04 Thread Rolando Edwards
This is makes more sense because it causes a SQL developer to group the joined tables in a logical manner. - Original Message - From: wang shuming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Friday, November 3, 2006 8:04:20 PM GMT-0500 US/Eastern Subject: left join , Unknown column

Re: Searching Fields for a SubString

2006-11-04 Thread David T. Ashley
Thanks for the help. As often happens in these situations, a little searching and experimentation got me a workable answer before any replies arrived. In my case, I was able to use the LOCATE operator, i.e. select idx, lname,schedalonerscs from usrs where LOCATE(",7,", schedalonerscs) != 0; I'

Re: Searching Fields for a SubString

2006-11-04 Thread Dan Buettner
Dave, you could just use a LIKE statement SELECT * FROM table WHERE mystring LIKE "%,2,%" Of course if it is at the beginning or end, or the only item, it may look like '2' '2,' or ',2' and not ',2,' so this would work in all cases I think: WHERE (mystring LIKE "%,2,%" OR mystring LIKE "2,%" OR

Searching Fields for a SubString

2006-11-04 Thread David T. Ashley
Hi, I'm a little bit lost on MySQL statements. I am implementing a many:many relationship using a string (wrong way, I know, but I'm trying to keep the design simple and this is a trivial application). In a VARCHAR field, I will store a comma-delimited set of integers corresponding to the indic

PostgreSQL and Firebird overtaking MySQL lead?

2006-11-04 Thread John Freighter
http://linux.inet.hr/poll_favorite_database.html I don't think so. Do something! -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]