Re: How to get Error Number and Error Message 2nd Try

2009-02-16 Thread Al
Paul DuBois wrote: On Feb 10, 2009, at 11:26 PM, Al wrote: I know that all of the prgramming interfaces have the ability to issue a Function Call to get error number for the most recently invoked MySQL function and the error message for the most recently invoked MySQL function such as in

MySQL University session on Feb 19: Developing MySQL on Solaris

2009-02-16 Thread Stefan Hinz
Developing MySQL on Solaris http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Developing_MySQL_on_Solaris This Thursday (February 19th, 14:00 UTC), MC Brown Trond Norbye will give a MySQL University session on Developing MySQL on Solaris. MC works on the MySQL Documentation Team and has been involved with quite a few

Re: SPARC to x64 Transition

2009-02-16 Thread Heikki Tuuri
Aaron, I've currently got a project to migrate a LARGE (3.5TB) MySQL data set from a Sun SPARC machine to a Sun x86 machine, both running Solaris 10 (though obviously one is x86 and the other is SPARC). Is it possible to simply copy the data files from one host to the other or is a full

what is best upgrade plan for large, replicating database?

2009-02-16 Thread Jim Lyons
I am beginning the process of upgrading a large mysql 5.0 database to 5.1. Specifically, I'm going from 5.0.56 enterprise to 5.1.30 community (which I think is now the GA version?) The db is about 4 terabytes. This means making a dump of the database, installing a new version of the dbms, and

Re: what is best upgrade plan for large, replicating database?

2009-02-16 Thread Olaf Stein
Jim, In my experience updating the binaries (or installing the new ones in addition to the old ones) works fine as long as you have made sure there are no incompatible changes. I have done this from 5.0 to 5.1 without any issues. Just run mysql_upgrade and you should be fine. I have never had to

accent sensitivity in fulltext search

2009-02-16 Thread Salam Baker Shanawa
Hi, How can I have accent sensitive, case insensitive fulltext query? version: 5.0.45 The database, tables, connection, data etc. are all utf8. select name from people where match(name) against ('königsberger' in boolean mode); shouldn't return konigsberger. Any idea, collation?

Slow connection over VPN

2009-02-16 Thread Duncan, Kurt (MCUSA)
We have an application using mysql. When we run it locally there are no issues. If we try and connect to a remote database machine over VPN it works but takes a VERY long time to get anything done. We are using the exact same database. All other programs using the same VPN run fine and the

Re: accent sensitivity in fulltext search

2009-02-16 Thread Santino
Hi, try to set the collation to utf8_unicode_ci. I have had the inverse problem and I solved with utf8_general_ci. Santino At 19:33 +0100 16-02-2009, Salam Baker Shanawa wrote: Hi, How can I have accent sensitive, case insensitive fulltext query? version: 5.0.45 The database, tables,

Re: accent sensitivity in fulltext search

2009-02-16 Thread Salam Baker Shanawa
Thanks Santino, but unfortunately didn't help . I tried utf8_bin, just for checking, same results¸ Not even the case sensitivity is respected. The following queries return the same results: select name from people where match(name) against ('königsberger' in boolean mode); select name from

how to deal with multiple authors for one book

2009-02-16 Thread PJ
In my db there are a number of books with several authors; so, I am wondering how to set up a table on books and authors to be able to insert (via php-mysql pages) data and retrieve and display these books with several authors I suspect that to insert data for a multiple author book I will have to

Re: how to deal with multiple authors for one book

2009-02-16 Thread Michael Dykman
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: In my db there are a number of books with several authors; so, I am wondering how to set up a table on books and authors to be able to insert (via php-mysql pages) data and retrieve and display these books with several authors

Re: how to deal with multiple authors for one book

2009-02-16 Thread PJ
Michael Dykman wrote: On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: In my db there are a number of books with several authors; so, I am wondering how to set up a table on books and authors to be able to insert (via php-mysql pages) data and retrieve and display these

how to check for null in string

2009-02-16 Thread PJ
I know this is not working, but how can I check for NULL; or how can I configure my field sub_title so I can check if $booksub_title contains anything or is empty. This problem as been breaking my back...don't know what to put in as a default to be able to check against string input (VARCHAR) or

Re: Slow connection over VPN

2009-02-16 Thread Prathima Rao
it depends on the vpn router if u need more info let me know - Original Message - From: Duncan, Kurt (MCUSA) k...@medconnectusa.com To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 12:09 AM Subject: Slow connection over VPN We have an application using mysql. When we run

Re: how to deal with multiple authors for one book

2009-02-16 Thread Michael Dykman
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:37 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: Michael Dykman wrote: On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: In my db there are a number of books with several authors; so, I am wondering how to set up a table on books and authors to be able to