Re: as seen on national television

2001-07-13 Thread Colin Faber
This has been discussed to death on the freebsd mailing lists, The over all feeling was to add such a system would `break' most of the clients that subscribe and would eliminate the open mailing list we have now, Most list subscribers know that about 10/20 questions a month that come to this

Re: Manual for sale? (was Re[2]: mysql.org)

2001-07-13 Thread Colin Faber
Michael, Interesting idea but I think it would problematic over all, The mysql manual changes almost everyday (anyone that syncs the bk tree's knows) I would suggest a better solution would be to provide the manual as a localized application (possibly even ported to PalmOS/WindowsCE), Anyone?

Re: Little problem with gcc

2001-07-09 Thread Colin Faber
This is not a mysql error, Your paths are setup incorrectly or you don't have GCC installed, set the environment variable `CC' to the location of your gcc compiler, CC=something; export CC KFC wrote: Hi I have some problem with my OS system (DEC 0.4) when I ran commad # CC=gcc

Re: CHECK TABLE

2001-06-30 Thread Colin Faber
Check table didn't exist in 3.22 Werner Stuerenburg wrote: Sorry, I don't understand from the manual how to use this (running MySQL 3.22.32 on RedHat) I tried to issue CHECK TABLE tbl_name as indicated, but get mysql CHECK TABLE sessData; ERROR 1064: parse error near 'CHECK

Re: Bug in Like with longblob

2001-06-27 Thread Colin Faber
a blob is by definition case sensitive hence 'Binary Large Object' This is not a bug but by design, If you want a non-Binary field to store large text objects then you should be using the 'TEXT' data type not the 'BLOB' data type. Tobias Eggendorfer wrote: Hi, I suppose I found a bug :-)

More questions about Fulltext searching.

2001-06-26 Thread Colin Faber
Ok, The message set that I noticed this morning sparked my interest in this. Currently I'm developing a search engine that will utilize mysql's fulltext match technology. The problem that i've run into is, I can't seem to find any documentation on how to force an AND search with in MATCH

Re: $sth-{mysql_insertid} not working in 3.23.38?

2001-06-23 Thread Colin Faber
heh, my ($id) = $dbh-selectrow_array(SELECT MAX(id) FROM tbl;); xris wrote: Woops sorry about that last message. Try using the following: my $id = $sth-{insertid}; That is what I had to change it to, to get it working.. despite what the documentation says. Actually, I can't use

Re: $sth-{mysql_insertid} not working in 3.23.38?

2001-06-23 Thread Colin Faber
personally I don't care what select you guys feel the need to call, so long as the dbi call is correct, rather it doesn't matter though because selectrow_array() simply calls prepare() execute() any ways. I'd normally use LAST_INSERT_ID() my self (only if i had to) other wise find a better way

ACCESS DB, and MySQL which one better to handle database driven webpage

2001-06-22 Thread Colin TMC
Can anybody help with the question about which one is the best to handle database driven webpage, Since, we are running on ACCESS DB, and MS SQL for a long time, but, We just have our new Lynex server it is running MySQL, my question is: 1) What's the different between MDB and MySQL. I mean

Re: Error for the ' Syantax

2001-06-22 Thread Colin Faber
You need to escape your strings. INSERT into mybtd(co_pe) values('Johsua\'s Brother'); cannot run... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear sir; I have find a big error from MySQL. I have one fields like that; co_na(Fields) = Johsua's Brother; mybtd is the data name, co_na is

what is the difference between, MDB and MySQL

2001-06-21 Thread Colin

Re: CGI/Perl and MySQL (OT?)

2001-06-06 Thread Colin Faber
A better solution would be to use the DBI quote() function, see the DBI perldoc for more information. and FYI 99% of web clients pass CRLF not just LF so you'd need \r\n Chris Thompson wrote: Trying to get text from a CGI textarea box to go into MySQL with the br line breaks instead on

Re: Browser Based Mailing List

2001-06-06 Thread Colin Faber
hehe - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) Mazur wrote: This has to have been asked before, but I can't find it in the

Re: FW: [Fwd: (no subject)]

2001-06-05 Thread Colin Faber
See the security section in the manual. Longo, Joseph wrote: hello everyone.. RedHat LInux 6.2. PC. mysql. when i start mysql with 'safe_mysqld ' i get the following: [root@kauai bin]# safe_mysqld [1] 872

Re: FW: FW: fascinating. bug

2001-05-31 Thread Colin Faber
What does this have to do with mysql? Rene Tegel wrote: It would help if you located the piece of source code where the bug might get involved and post this source code. On Thu, 31 May 2001 02:32:22 -0500 Dawn H [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, folks, The quote below - jonbad.txt

Re: Binary

2001-05-30 Thread Colin Faber
You could always look into hacking the code that drives the `file' application, to a point it can determine the binary data type. David Lidström wrote: Let's say it's an image, zip archive or a PDF-file!? I am creating a GUI-client, so it's when a table is listed, and the field is

Re: Binary

2001-05-29 Thread Colin Faber
Hi, See 'BLOB' column type in the manual. David Lidström wrote: Is there some kind of pattern in fields containing binary data - so you can be sure that is really IS binary!? I.e. if I in my database have a BLOB-field and sometimes write a string, and sometimes a file?! Regards

Re: What can I do ?

2001-05-25 Thread Colin Faber
I'm sorry, but we need a little more information, Such as the query you're using, the machine type, ram etc., the table structure. With out those its very hard to help you optimize anything. Bruno Faé wrote: Hello, I´m Brazilian and a new subscriber of this list. (sorry my english) I´m

Re: How many records can MySql handle?

2001-05-25 Thread Colin Faber
it all depends on your hardware, technically the MyISAM table type can handle up to 8 terabytes of data. Zhu George-CZZ010 wrote: If each record is about 1K byte, how many records can MySql handle? Does anyone have any estimation or hands-on experience? Thank you very much in advance.

Re: $dbh-tables, SHOW tables, etc.

2001-05-25 Thread Colin Faber
A few people have said that they've fixed it by recompiling mysql with gcc 2.96 Daniel wrote: Has there been any resolution the show tables; show databases; my @tablenames = $dbh-tables; etc... not working on RedHat 7.X machines? -- Daniel Bohling NewsFactor Network

Re: DBI access from CGI script

2001-05-25 Thread Colin Faber
This is well outlined in the DBI perldoc btw ;-) Andy Sharp wrote: The syntax for connecting to a mysql database from perl/DBI is my $dbh = DBI-connect('dbi:drivername:database:host','username','passwor d'); If host is ommitted, it presumes localhost. Eg: $dbh =

Re: help ... db connection to asp prog !

2001-05-24 Thread Colin Faber
You've also failed to provide enough information about your problem to allow someone to figure out what it may be. Alice wrote: hi .. i am a new user to mysql, i did install myODBC, but fail to create the db connection in the ODBC ... why it fail ???

Re: Error 13: Cannot Create Database

2001-05-24 Thread Colin Faber
run the perror app that should of come with your distribution perror 13 Terry Shipclark wrote: What does this error mean?? Any help would be appreciated !--database mysql query relational-- Terry Shipclark Technical Support Representitave/Cati Operator [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel.

Re: Problem with mysql connections.

2001-05-22 Thread Colin Faber
see GRANT in the manual. Snehalata wrote: Dear Sir, We installed MySql server on one system. I have the test database, and My own database named Gomoos. When i using to connect to the database using java program with a jdbc driver i am not able to connect to my database Gomoos .But i

Re: Another signal 11 dump ...

2001-05-22 Thread Colin Faber
have you tried trussing the mysqld process and then moving your system time up to the crash point? see what its calling right before it dies? Stephan Skusa wrote: Another signal 11 dump ... cutting down sort_buffer to 4194296 Bytes seems not to be the solution for the signal 11 at 0

Re: why does it not work

2001-05-21 Thread Colin Faber
3.22.32 has known Join issues, the machine running that version should be upgraded to the 3.23.32 STABLE release. Adrian D'Costa wrote: Hi, I have been trying this on my localhost and this works select special.contid, special.cityid, special.curr1, special.catalogo, special.hf,

Re: why does it not work

2001-05-21 Thread Colin Faber
Err also, RAND() is a 3.23 feature ;-) Adrian D'Costa wrote: Hi, I have been trying this on my localhost and this works select special.contid, special.cityid, special.curr1, special.catalogo, special.hf, special.curr2, special.vitofferta, special.fh, special.club, special.stars,

Re: Telnet into MySQL

2001-05-21 Thread Colin Faber
hahah Check out SecureCRT it's a wonderful product and well worth the price. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any good ones for the Windozes version..When I use just regular ol Telnet I get Smiley and clovers and hearts and the version. Cheers -Original Message- FROM: Eric

Re: Error when connecting mysql or oracle

2001-05-20 Thread Colin Faber
Well, this really isn't a mysql issue. This is an ActiveState perl issue, But it sounds like you've clobbered your DBD files some how and or you're just not initializing them correctly. Siomara Pantarotto wrote: Hi All, I got a code from a PERL list that inserts a row into a mysql db

Re: Error when connecting mysql or oracle

2001-05-20 Thread Colin Faber
installing DBD-Oracle things got messed up??? Doe anyone know how to make it work with Orcale besides mysql?? Thanks siomara From: Colin Faber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Siomara Pantarotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Error when connecting

Re: How can one validate a date in mysql ?

2001-05-15 Thread Colin Faber
Validate a date? see Date and Time functions in the manual. Vankeerberghen, Pieter wrote: Dear Colleagues, How can one validate a date in mysql ? Kind regards, Pieter - Before posting, please check:

Re: connect access denied in perl DBI

2001-05-09 Thread Colin Faber
$dbh = DBI-connect($dsn, $user_name, $password, {RaiseError = 1}) || die (Unable to establish connection to mysqld: . $DBI::errstr); tang jie wrote: the user mysql is given all priviliges, another user is given db table privileges (INSERT, SELECT, etc.), the database files are owned by

Re: What do I do now?

2001-05-01 Thread Colin Faber
why not just use the LOAD DATA INFILE option? Bombardier Systems Consulting wrote: HELP!!! I sent a message to this forum a couple of days ago about a problem that I am having with MySQL 3.23.37 (and now 36) running under RedHat 7.1. I am trying to use the mysqlimport utility and

Re: Redirecting Outfile

2001-04-14 Thread Colin Faber
since the outfile is being written as the user that owns the mysqld process you'll need to make sure that, that user has write access to the location specified. Brian Cassidy wrote: Redirecting file output (for user bpc) with a command such as select * into outfile 'home/bpc/test.txt' from

Re: MySQL vs Microsoft SQL

2001-03-23 Thread Colin Faber
A whole TODO list of things. One should really evaluate the pros and cons of both databases to make an educated decision on which system would better suit ones needs. "Ciprian I. Acatrinei" wrote: Is there something that you can do with MS SQL and you can not do with MySQL? At 04:01 PM

Re: MySQL and XML?

2001-03-21 Thread Colin Faber
You need to read the mailing list archives, This has been discussed to death. Please try to follow the directions outlined when posting. See the 'http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive)' ? Bryan Coon wrote: Can anyone offer some insight into the following topic? I would

Re: information request

2001-03-18 Thread Colin Faber
1) How was it 'installed' Did you use RPMs, the source, or a bindist? 2) Did you make sure mysqld wasn't already running? 'ps auxwww | grep mysqld' Mani kandan Ramachandran wrote: Respected Sir/Madam While i configure mysql in my RedHat 7.0,it gives problem.And i do not know how tro

Re: configure fails on linux-2.2.14 (Redhat 7.0), mysql-3.23.33

2001-03-11 Thread Colin Faber
This has been discussed to death, DO NOT RUN GCC 2.96 TO COMPILE MySQL IT IS FAR TO BUGGY Please check the mailing list archives _BEFORE_ posting Lyman Neuschaefer wrote: Greetings, The configure process fails on attempting to compile and link the executable conftest. Below is

Re: configure fails on linux-2.2.14 (Redhat 7.0), mysql-3.23.33

2001-03-11 Thread Colin Faber
Yes always. :p "Charles L. Hagen" wrote: Are you always this hospitable to others? Charles - Original Message - From: "Colin Faber" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Lyman Neuschaefer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 4

Re: XML support under mySQL

2001-02-26 Thread Colin Faber
Don't forget, Microsoft and Oracle are behind it so it _MUST_ be the greatest thing to come along since sliced bread. You folks need to keep in mind that with the microsoft system the XML layer IS NOT part of the database it self but an additional application which talks to the database via

Re: XML support under mySQL

2001-02-22 Thread Colin Faber
Gorjan, Don't you think it would be a better idea to comply with ANSI SQL92 before we start talking about adding features that are really not needed nor critical? Gorjan Todorovski wrote: To Ed: Why be so negative about adding new features to the DB server? Why not make things easier and

Re: XML support under mySQL

2001-02-21 Thread Colin Faber
For someone like my self having a tool to export via XML is bloatware, Any XML handling should be delt with in the milddleware, where it will be utilized NOT the database it self. Michael Bacarella wrote: Gorjan Todorovski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: Is there support for XML in

Re: Conversion

2001-02-16 Thread Colin Faber
bob, first build the tables, to match your ascii database structure, Next use LOAD_DATA INFILE option to load it up, See LOAD_DATA in the manual for a detailed explanation. g'luck bob wrote: I'm looking for a way to translate a database in ASCII form throw a MySQL database. Could you tell

Re: Shell Shocking

2001-02-12 Thread Colin Faber
Donald, Poor administration of the server or incorrect privileges assigned to your user account. Donald Korth wrote: Hello The hosting company has given me a user name and passwd . When i log into my own site thro' a telnet session i 'm able to view all the databases created in the

Re: Should I switch to SCSI HD for mysql?

2001-02-07 Thread Colin Faber
One thing to keep in mind is IDE tends to eat up processor power where as off board scsi doesn't. Greg Cope wrote: mike thomas wrote: Hi all I am running mysql on linux (redhat 6.2) using a regular 18Gb EIDI hard drive. Does anyone know how much (ball park figure) a SCSI hard

Re: MySQL driver for DELPHI ?

2001-02-06 Thread Colin Faber
It took me all of about 2 seconds to locate this; http://www.fichtner.net/delphi/mysql.delphi.phtml try hotbot it works great :p Paulo Serra wrote: I am a DELPHI developer and I need to know if exists a MySQL driver for DELPHI. Does MySQL have a driver for DELPHI??? If it

Re: Backup?

2001-01-30 Thread Colin Faber
Its not recommended to just `cp' your data directory for use later. You should always dump the database with mysqldump. James Ervin wrote: Can you restore from a backup of the mysql data directory or do you need to dump the database in order to be able to restore? I have seen some traffic

Re: 3 million+ records problems.

2001-01-28 Thread Colin Faber
Are you sure that your select is in fact using the index on that column? Could you please explain select for us. John Jensen wrote: To: "Scott Gerhardt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] From what I have heard from a local guru. you shoud double that again. I had mysql working fine on 150 meg for

Re: PROJECT: for perl/sed/regex type...

2001-01-25 Thread Colin Faber
see LDIF parsing. Derek Sivers wrote: I've got a quickie project here, that's over my head, that I could pay a little something for: Can you set up a script that will take flat text files, (one file per record, many files per directory) - and do some sed/regex conditional replace, and

[Close this thread] Re: Perl5 needed ?

2001-01-14 Thread Colin Faber
Martin, Please check the older mailings before posting in the future, Thanks. Martin Borg wrote: I am trying to install Mysql 3.23.7 on a Red Hat 6.0 Server system. When I try to install the binary rpm-distribution i get an error saying that bin/usr/perl5 is needed. The perl version

Re: Perl question

2001-01-12 Thread Colin Faber
Try http-push Eric Fitzgerald wrote: Beyond the other suggestion, also remember to flush your STDOUT. flush(STDOUT); - Original Message - From: "Ron Beck" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mysql" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 8:56 AM Subject: Perl question Hello

Re: Perl question

2001-01-12 Thread Colin Faber
perldoc CGI::Push ;-) "Aaron E. Schlesinger" wrote: E-mail me the code. Its late and I'm grumpy. I'll e-mail you back the answer tommorow :) Aaron -Original Message----- From: Colin Faber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 20:28 To: Eric Fitzgeral

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