update a record but not the timestamp

2004-09-27 Thread /dev/null
We've got about 1,000 records in a table that have timestamps on them. We've ran into a situation where we need to go back and update one field in all of those records without altering the timestamp. since the timestamp is automatically changed when the record is updated we are in a bind. The

Re: update a record but not the timestamp

2004-09-27 Thread /dev/null
Never mind, I just figured it out: First, I copied the whole 'hits' table to 'hits_bak', then ran this: INSERT INTO `csrtech_dirserv`.`hits` SELECT `SID` , 2 AS `AID` , `Phrase` , `IP` , `Link` , `Time` , `Amt` , `F` FROM `csrtech_dirserv`.`hits_bak` WHERE `SID` =5 So that coppied

auto next field

2004-04-09 Thread /dev/null
We have a DB of customer comments that we want to display one at a time on our web site. We want the web pages (wrote in php) to use a user name/password on the DB that has SELECT ability and that's it. What's the best way to cycle through the comments so that each page requested gets the next

auto next row (was: auto next field)

2004-04-09 Thread /dev/null
Just realized my subject wasn't correct, we don't want the next field, we want the next row... Thanks! We have a DB of customer comments that we want to display one at a time on our web site. We want the web pages (wrote in php) to use a user name/password on the DB that has SELECT ability

Re: auto next row (was: auto next field)

2004-04-09 Thread /dev/null
You could do something like this: $start = 0; if (isset($_GET['start'])) { $start = 1 * $_GET['start']; //make sure it's numerical } then query: SELECT .. FROM .. ORDER BY date LIMIT $tart, 1 display the comment $start++; provide a link to thispage.php?start=$start

New to MySQL

2004-02-05 Thread /dev/null
' )'??? Or do I need to run the inner select and get the ID myself, then run the outer select? I admit, I know just enough SQL to wipe the database and drop all the tables ;-), so any help would be greatly apreciate. Thanks! /dev/null -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http