Newbie

2004-02-16 Thread Cameron Ortis
I have spent some time in the past with mysql but am far from an experienced database head. A while back I received a some mysql data for a research project. The files are: $ cd /usr/local/mysql/research1data $ ls -lh -rw-rw 1 mysql mysql 21G Jun 20 2003 oldreport_2002_12_08.MYD

Re: Newbie

2004-02-16 Thread Cameron Ortis
Thanks for the quick reply! As root, I tried: mysql use research1data; mysql show tables; +-+ | Tables_in_research1data | +-+ | oldreports | +-+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql CREATE TABLE oldreport_2002_12_08

RE: Newbie

2004-02-16 Thread Cameron Ortis
as select * from oldreports where 1=2; to create an empty copy I hope this helps Simon Windsor Eml: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 01454 617689 Mob: 07960 321599 -Original Message- From: Cameron Ortis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 February 2004 21:35 To: Bing Du Cc: [EMAIL

RE: Newbie

2004-02-16 Thread Cameron Ortis
Simon Windsor Eml: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 01454 617689 Mob: 07960 321599 -Original Message- From: Cameron Ortis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 February 2004 21:35 To: Bing Du Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie Thanks for the quick reply! As root, I tried