Re: Aggregating function which returns more than one row

2002-12-04 Thread DL Neil
Felix, > Is is it possible to write an aggregation function which returns > more than one row? Yes - if I have understood your requirement correctly. It would have been helpful if you had given some idea of the application/what you want to achieve. Here's an example from out of my imagination:

Re: Virtual Mem. problem w/ mysql-3.23.53-win.zip

2002-12-03 Thread DL Neil
Thanks for the quick response. Excellent support =you must have some 'magic touch'! =a bunch of us held a conversation on the list trying to run this fault down, and culminating in a bug report. We weren't even acknowledged... Quite dispiriting. Obvious suggested work-around was to get hold

Re: Time&Date in SQLServer7

2002-12-03 Thread DL Neil
Sam, heads up! MySQL list members don't want this = spam! =dn - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 4:54 PM Subject: Time&Date in SQLServer7 > Hi > > I am inserting a Time like 06:00 from my code to a

Fw: Re: Select and count duplicates

2002-12-03 Thread DL Neil
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DL Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: Re: Re: Select and count duplicates > Your message cannot be posted because it appears to be either spam or > simply off topic

Re: Table setup question

2002-12-03 Thread DL Neil
hanges is 'enough'! (now apply this to customer records and people changing addresses and you'll see why/which is the 'industry standard' approach). =however the ultimate answer to your question is: if it works for you/your users, then it is 'right'! > Than

Re: help with picking the right index(s)

2002-12-03 Thread DL Neil
Hi Justin, > I'm after a little help/advice with indexing... > I have a table for measuring hits on each page within a site: > year month page hits > > basically, my php script looks for a row matching this year (2002), this > month (12) and this page (something.php). if it finds it, increment by

Re: Advice please

2002-12-03 Thread DL Neil
Hi George, > I am about to start the planning process in moving my FileMaker/Lasso/PHP > site over to MySQL/PHP. > Before I get too far down the road, should I be using InnoDB or MyISAM > tables? The service is initially going to be hosted on WinNT but may move > over to Linux later. =main respon

Re: setting auto-increment to start at higher number

2002-12-02 Thread DL Neil
RD, > How can I set auto-increment in mysql to start counting at say 5 rather > than 1 The manual is your friend. Enter auto_increment into the search facility. Read 6.5.3 CREATE TABLE Syntax - which illustrates the answer, or move on to the better description in the next 'hit' 6.5.4 ALTER

Re: NOT IN

2002-12-02 Thread DL Neil
> Select * from employees left outer join dept on employees.emp_DepId = > dept.dep_id where dept.dep_id is null > > (Subselect would be easier if MySQL supported it!) Likely easier to write, but equally likely to be more expensive to run (on any tbl of realistic size) NB Comment only pertinent a

Re: Table setup question

2002-12-02 Thread DL Neil
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Fw: Sorting by abbr weekdays

2002-12-02 Thread DL Neil
maps filter fodder: MySQL > Hi Terence, > > > Is there a way to sort records based on a particular column, varchar(3), > > which contains days of the week, mon, tue, wed, thu, fri, sat, sun > > > > I need the order to be mon, tue, wed, thu etc. > > > > Select day_of_week from my_timetable > > ord

Re: ENUM and select performance

2002-12-02 Thread DL Neil
Alex, This is a specialised question! Unfortunately, in my experience, it comes down to the phrase YMMV (your mileage might vary) and thus requires you to experiment with your data/machine combinations/etc - good job MySQL makes this quite easy! Can I assume that you have done your (manual) homew

Re: Table setup question

2002-12-02 Thread DL Neil
Hi Beauford, You are on the right track. Yes you should remove the songs to a separate table. If you merely duplicate the first example (below) in two tables you have created a "one-to-many" relationship between the Album table and the Songs table - one album has many songs on it. Your query code

Re: system date / curdate()

2002-12-02 Thread DL Neil
Hi Kath, Are the MySQL machine, the Linux machine, and the client you are using all the same machine? Which timezone is Linux set to? Which timezone is your local/client machine in, and/or set to? Please advise, =dn > hi, which date does mysql use to calculate CURDATE()? I have a master > databas

Re: mysql join problem (bug?)

2002-12-02 Thread DL Neil
t; > > > 1 4 1 4 > > > > > > If that is the case, is this a Win-XP specific bug? > Can someone running versions other than MySQL 4.0.5-beta on XP verify if > it is a bug please? > > Thanks! > > > Haksun > > > -Original Message

Re: mysql join problem (bug?)

2002-12-01 Thread DL Neil
Hi Haksun, Cross-join works perfectly on 3.23.53-max-nt under Win2000 SP2, both from command line and MySQL Control Center 0.8.6-alpha. Regards, =dn > Hi all, > > > > I found this join problem using mysql 3.23.53-max-nt (on WinXP). > > It works fine on MySQL 3.23.52-log (on Linux). > > > > Could

Re: Date()

2002-11-30 Thread DL Neil
> Is it possible for mySQL to recognize and compare dates written in this > format: MM/DD/YY? =the short answer is yes and no: "yes" it can be done by combining various SQL/MySQL functions, but "no" there is no easy 'built-in' method. > I know standard date format for mySQL is YYY-MM-DD, but I n

Re: mysql load issue

2002-11-27 Thread DL Neil
er mine. =are you able to gain access at the command line (with mine/mine2)? =BTW: now that we all know your pswd, I trust this is not an Internet-facing machine! =Idle curiousity: what will the gulf db contain? =Regards, =dn > --- DL Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tim, &g

Re: Data base driven web page idea - need help!

2002-11-27 Thread DL Neil
ata. Imagine that presented as a single screen-load and ask if it seems appropriate for the application... > That file idea of your is interesting I will have to sleep on it. Thanks for > your input. I'm a one man team developing this and I've been sinful. This is > the time God&

Re: reg:time difference

2002-11-27 Thread DL Neil
Chandra, > I need some help in finding the time/day difference > as i want to know the session times > is there a way/function to calculate time difference > in mysql Self help - from the foot of each list msg: > - > Before pos

Re: mysql load issue

2002-11-27 Thread DL Neil
Tim, Normally PHP/MySQL doesn't run as "mine", even if that is your Windows login name - but it is possible... Use command line. Log on as root. Check localhost privileges for user "mine". (good coverage in the manual) Regards, =dn > I have been trying to get mysql db to run but keep > getting acc

Re: Data base driven web page idea - need help!

2002-11-27 Thread DL Neil
Grant, > I need help. I am building a database for a small college that wants to be > able to update their program information for each department through an > web/gui program. > > I've decided to use, MYSQL, Apache, PHP and FreeBSD as the OS. (I built my > web page this way) > > Here's my QUESTI

Re: Records missing from web query

2002-11-27 Thread DL Neil
Jim, > Situation.. main table in a relatively small database. Table contains > approx 370K rows. Table is indexed on the unique identifier. New table, > fresh import of clean data. > > Querying on a single field... run from the command line, returns 3 rows, > run from phpMyAdmin, returns 3 rows.

Re: Insert error

2002-11-26 Thread DL Neil
Mark, Are you working from the command line or using a tool (which)? MySQL version nr? Are you running WinMySQLadmin (the traffic lights in the System Tray)? =dn > I'm running MySQL as a service on win2k and trying to insert data into a > database. Each time I try to do this I receive the foll

Re: displaying a letter based on a query value

2002-11-24 Thread DL Neil
rom: "Jeff Kilbride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Alex Behrens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MYSQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:08 PM > Subject: Re: displaying a letter based on a query value > > > > select i

Re: displaying a letter based on a query value

2002-11-24 Thread DL Neil
Hey Alex > select captain from stats where captain > 0 and number = '23' group by > number; > > this returns a 1 for any player with the number that matches being a > captain, however it display a 1 is it possible to make that 1 displayed as a > C on my page? MySQL allows an IF() within the SELE

Re: Selecting rows issue

2002-11-22 Thread DL Neil
Hello Tarik, The DISTINCT option will sort this out for you. =dn > I got two tables containing following data : > > table1 > -- > id > -- > 2 > 3 > 2 > 2 > > table2 > -- > id | label > -- > 1 | one > 2 | two > 3 | three > 4 | four > > I would like to select table2's rows th

Re: How to set Database Name, Username, etc.

2002-11-22 Thread DL Neil
Hi Trask, > Can anyone tell me how to set the following parameters in mySQL 3.23? I'm > new to MySQL and am setting up a BBS. MySQL is installed and running OK. > > Database Server Hostname / DSN: > Database Name: > Database Username: > Database Password: > Prefix for tables in database: Welco

Re: WinMySQLAdmin.exe in mySQL-build 3.23.53 (Windows version)

2002-11-22 Thread DL Neil
Guenter, Nice piece of analysis! As it happens WinMySQLadmin v1.4 under Win2000 fares little better, apparently gobbling up VM until... (Bug Report posted 20Nov2002 shortly after midnight UTC - as yet unacknowledged) [won't attach here (not correct list procedure), so will forward private copy sep

Re: Re: load data worked with warnings

2002-11-21 Thread DL Neil
now (more securely) implemented has 'broken' the sample code. =when you've had a 'play', come back and let us know how much things are improved, =dn > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 DL Neil wrote : > >Pallavi, > > > > > mysql> load data infile

Re: load data worked with warnings

2002-11-20 Thread DL Neil
Pallavi, > mysql> load data infile "pet.txt" into table pet; > ERROR 1105: File './test/pet.txt' not found (Errcode: 2) > mysql> load data infile "pet.txt" into table pet; > Query OK, 8 rows affected (0.00 sec) > Records: 8 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 4 > > mysql> select * from pet; > +

Re: MySQL on windows

2002-11-20 Thread DL Neil
Simon, I have been asked to support/bug-fix a Windows based web site using MySQL. I have used MySQL on Linux/FreeBSD for 3/4 years, but never on Windows. How does MySQL compare on Linux and Windows for stability and performance ? =congratulations. Your relief appears in the phrase, MySQL is MySQL

Re: Thx to Martin Waite, and 1 more question

2002-11-19 Thread DL Neil
Hi Warren, > I wrote in a little while ago about getting unique visits to a website > listed by day. Martin Waite came up with a very nice formulation, which > does wonders! > However, I have done something that is now yielding inconsistent results. > The screen shot is basically like this: > > D

WinMySQLadmin ?eating memory

2002-11-18 Thread DL Neil
I have just updated from MySQL 3.23.51 to 4.0.4 on my Win2000 Prof SP2 portable, and shortly afterwards noted some runaway problem was consuming memory. Left long enough, Windows eventually starts bleating about its amount of virtual memory; obviously things start to thrash, and apps gradually grin

(OT) Re: Bill, your computer has got a worm (virus-like thingie) Re: Sub-select look-alike?

2002-10-16 Thread DL Neil
Michael, Thank you for your alert. In the same way that you did not ask the original question, I did not write the part attributed to 'me'! There is no such address [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only address in this sub-domain subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have reduced myself to

BBC article: Intellectual Property

2002-09-13 Thread DL Neil
MySQL/Open source campaigners and 'evangelists' may be interested in BBC coverage of a report by the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2253270.stm. It talks of medical, agricultural, industrial, and IT/educational disadvantages placed in front o

Re: Have A problem

2002-09-08 Thread DL Neil
Hi Chuck, or take a look at the LEFT() function. =dn > Try : > > SELECT * FROM yourtable WHERE word LIKE 'D%'; > > Regards, > Jocelyn > - Original Message - > From: "Chuck "PUP" Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 2:42 AM > Subject: H

Re: problem with date/time column

2002-09-04 Thread DL Neil
e, anything that happened during yesterday morning would NOT be included in such an expression. It WILL pick up anything that happened during the last one day/24-hours - both yesterday's and today's 'hours'! Q: Which is 'right'? A: Depends which suits Erick&#x

Re: problem with date/time column

2002-09-04 Thread DL Neil
Hi Erick, > i have a date/time column. i insert into it using "now()". works fine. > now i want a query where data/time is either today or yesterday. > how should i do it? Calculate the date required (yesterday and/or today) and then add a time component of midnight (all zeroes) to make up a da

Re: UPDATE syntax dummy question...

2002-09-03 Thread DL Neil
Howdy Matthias, update vbooth_data set optionText='Not at all, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop' where (pollID='34' AND voteID='3'); When I hit Enter, it gives me this prompt: '> Two things: 1 (the >) is because it is waiting for the end of the string - you have an apostrophe opening t

Re: Insert date format

2002-09-03 Thread DL Neil
Hello Javier, > I am developing an aplication where I need format the date for inserting > into mySQL. =what language is your application written in? =dn > With DATE_FORMAT I can format the mySQL date to "my date", but I haven't > found a good way to format "my date" to the mySQL date. > > My

Re: sysdate or curdate as default date in mysql

2002-09-02 Thread DL Neil
Dear Chugh, > Can we define sysdate or curdate as default date for a column of > datatype 'date' while creating a table? The question is ambiguous: - if a table is created with a column defined to be a TIMESTAMP data type, then every time a row is INSERTed or UPDATEd, the current date will be

Re: Problem installing

2002-09-02 Thread DL Neil
Scott, MySQL is available in two 'flavors': source code and (binary) executables. Which one did you intend to download/install? Which OpSys are you using? Please advise, =dn > The instructions that I have to install MySQL, tells me to "cd to the bin > directory and run this command: ./mysql_in

Re: JOIN?

2002-09-01 Thread DL Neil
Hi Justin, > ...the docs to be looking for examples. > > I have three tables... > cd (id, title, etc) > artist (id, name) > cd_to_artist (cdid, artistid) > Given an artist id, I want to retrieve all cds related to that artist, given > the information in the table cd_to_artist. The reason for the

Re: MySQL and Service Pack 3

2002-08-30 Thread DL Neil
Marc, Is there any record of a startup 'confusion' in the Event Viewer/logs? Once the machine is started and sitting static, what do you see (of MySQL/unidentified) in the Services list? If there is some entry, use a DOS box to stop the service. Then clear out any reference to the service from R

Re: Problem with Tables...

2002-08-30 Thread DL Neil
Tony, What data type is the "autoindex" field/column? =dn > I have a problem with MySQL. I am trying to insert data using INFILE, and > it works, except that it ALWAYS stop at 255 (autoindex) and will not go any > further, either by manual insert or textfile insert. I am running MySQL > 3.23

Re: mysql auto-increment

2002-08-27 Thread DL Neil
Elias, ALTER TABLE will do the biz: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ALTER_TABLE.html Regards, =dn > I would like to know if it is possible to configure mysql auo increment > feild to start from a specific number or configure it to have a specific > character such as a letter inserted infront of it

Re: auotincrement

2002-08-27 Thread DL Neil
Frederick, ALTER TABLE will do the biz: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ALTER_TABLE.html Regards, =dn > I would like to know if it is possible to configure mysql auto increment > field to start at a specific number or to configure the auto increment field > with a character such as a letter insert

Re: spanish books about mysql?

2002-08-25 Thread DL Neil
> Are there any mysql books in Latin? Me sequelae datorum ordinatrum, scribo Paulus ExSilvaticus - when you write the rest yourself you may find the following useful/entertaining Vocabula computatralia Vocabula computatralia. A. abort 1. vt interrumpere 2. subst. interruptus,us m. address 1. (me

Re: How can I do this query ? (Join with a preselction)

2002-08-22 Thread DL Neil
Hi Andreas, > I'm just getting started with mysql so please bear with me. =8-} > I do a 3 table query like: > SELECT a.x, b.y, c.z > FROM a, b, c > WHERE a.b_fk = b.id AND a.c_fk = c.id; > That works so far. > In c can be rows which aren't active anymore. > There is a good_from and a good_until

Re: Load Data Infile

2002-08-20 Thread DL Neil
must import this data once a day. I also will not be able to get them to reformate their data since I'm only one of many many people downloading everyday. Is their no way for load data to do this automaticaly? > > Serge. > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:31:45 +0100 > "DL Neil&qu

Re: insert command

2002-08-20 Thread DL Neil
Joseph, > I need to know if there is a way to do a simple insert from a .txt file, using insert and only populate one column. Its a streamline db and I want to enter only a few of the columns. > > I have exported all data into txt files at this point. I can not find any mention on mysql's site ot

Re: Load Data Infile

2002-08-20 Thread DL Neil
Hello Serge, > I am having troubles with Load Data Infile and cannot figure out the problem. I have a date field but the format is 'Jan 1 1986' rather than mysql's default. So when I import I only get '-00-00' rather than the date. How can I tell MySQL what the format is? > > I have read

Re: query quandary

2002-08-13 Thread DL Neil
Mark, I'm a great believer in 'divide and conquor', so let's take your clear statement of problem and knowing that we can't achieve it by brute force/direct attack, let's break it down and solve it a piece at a time: table contains title and date of records a) sort so that records are listed by

Re: How to separate different domains on an e-mail database

2002-08-12 Thread DL Neil
data in a database, you can sereate the information > you want that time. Then you just call the results > from the table (you have them ready) and dont ask the > server to work for it. > If you know an other solution, i'll be happy to learn > it. > Cheeres > > --- DL N

Re: How to separate different domains on an e-mail database

2002-08-12 Thread DL Neil
Nick, Understood - but did Carlos say that he is using PHP, and why use PHP when a more efficient/quicker MySQL solution is available? =dn - Original Message - From: "nick gatsis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DL Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Subtracting 2 times

2002-08-10 Thread DL Neil
ed, for > example: > > time_in = 11:00 > time_out = 13:15 > > job_time= 21500 > > Any pointers? > > -Chris > > On Saturday, August 10, 2002, at 09:36 AM, DL Neil wrote: > > > Hello Christopher, > > > >> I need to ask for some help and I can't

Re: Subtracting 2 times

2002-08-10 Thread DL Neil
Hello Christopher, > I need to ask for some help and I can't find anything in the manuals. I > am writing a php based app that as one of it's functions keeps an > employee time sheet. The times are stored in a mysql database with 2 > columns - time_in and time_out. What I need to do is subtract t

Re: Another pattern matching question

2002-08-10 Thread DL Neil
Obiajulu, Please refer to previous response and the as yet unanswered question within. > I have the following values in my db table: > Id. regdate > 001040-1467 > 011910-2002 > 021700-1789 > 031550-2002 > 041600-1700 > 051900-2000 > .

Re: Need to change MySQL results to numbers

2002-08-10 Thread DL Neil
Gloria > > in a database on adjunct faculty. > > Well, I set my table up withalphnumeric codes and most stats software > > want those mutliple choices as numbers. =which is why most people design to enter such data as number codes (1~5) rather than alpha. > > So I need to change the things alre

Re: Replication Circle

2002-07-31 Thread DL Neil
Bhavin, > Is there a way to have DB-A and DB-B such that DB-A is the master and DB-B Can't help you with the replication question - but here is a replication answer - have everyone in your installation repeat after me: "the DBA is your master"! (and say it again...and again...) =dn List fodder

Re: [PHP-DB] Time Allocation Issue

2002-07-29 Thread DL Neil
Jefferson, > I'm writing a web application in PHP to do referee scheduling for soccer > games. For each game (a single row in a table) I have a cell for > referee. The cell stores an integer that I can do a join on with another > table of people. I need a way to prevent people from being able to

Re: [PHP-DB] time field query problems.

2002-07-29 Thread DL Neil
Steve, > For some reason the below statement is not working. Can anyone tell me why? > > Select EDIT_LOCK from ordmaster where EDIT_LOCK + INTERVAL 10 MINUTE < now() > AND ORDER_NO = '5' AND EDIT_LOCK > 0; > > -EDIT_LOCK is a MySQL (ver 3.23.49-max) time field, allows nulls, default is > NULL. >

Re: Merge records from multiple tables???

2002-07-19 Thread DL Neil
Ollie, Ahh, all this talk of "old-timers" writing merges to cut their teeth in the 'new' field of data processing... it brings on a wave of tender memories - however looking back, I find that even nostalgia ain't what it used to be! The earlier response works (assuming key behavior), and is a goo

Re: Multiple updates

2002-04-15 Thread DL Neil
Mark, Earlier joke rebounds - pardon me whilst I wipe the comedic egg from my face... > That the thing see, the form(using GET instead of POST) sends data with > the new dates like this:- > > id=1&name=Mark&job_number=AA1&job_date=2002-5-19 > &id=2&name=Mark&job_number=AA2&job_date=2002-5-21 > &

Re: Multiple updates

2002-04-15 Thread DL Neil
Mark, Is it a two-fer-one sale today? > I'm now trying to UPDATE the three records with one query. > > Once the data is INSERTED into the db with this - > > insert into mytable (id,name,job_number,job_date) values > ('1','Mark','AA1','2002-04-15'), > ('2','Mark','AA2','2002-04-16'), > ('3','Mark

Re: Multiple Inserts

2002-04-15 Thread DL Neil
Mark > Does anyone know if it's possible to insert mutilple records into 1 table > in one query? yes > Something like - > > insert into mytable (id,name,job_number,job_date) values > ('1','Mark','AA1','2002-04-15') > > insert into mytable (id,name,job_number,job_date) values > ('2','Mark','AA2'

Re: multiple joins, order questions

2002-04-14 Thread DL Neil
> > > I'm quite sure it does not matter if I write > > > t_person.dperson_id = d_person.dperson_id AND > > > or > > > d_person.dperson_id = t_person.dperson_id AND > > > but please tell me if it does... :o) > > > > Logically there is no difference, however prevailing wisdom suggests > > th

Re: multiple joins, order questions

2002-04-14 Thread DL Neil
Hi Roger, > consider this select statement as an example: > > SELECT d_person.dispname, d_title.title > FROM d_person, d_title, s_first, s_last, t_person, l_first, l_last > WHERE > t_person.dperson_id = d_person.dperson_id AND > t_person.dtitle_id = d_title.dtitle_id AND > l_first

Re: How does DISTINCT really work ?

2002-04-14 Thread DL Neil
ier Jocelyn [Presence-PC]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "DL Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 14 April 2002 18:46 Subject: SV: How does DISTINCT really work ? > > Fra: Fournier Jocelyn [Presence-PC] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sendt: 14.

Re: time zones?

2002-04-14 Thread DL Neil
Hi everyone, Apologies, I'm coming very late into this conversation, but perhaps I can disperse some of the confusion... Rob's original question: * I'm curious about how MySQL deals with time zones. Our machines are located in the GMT time zone, and recently rolled over to British Standard Ti

Re: How does DISTINCT really work ?

2002-04-14 Thread DL Neil
first query > with DISTINCT ? (perhaps a bug ?) > > Regards, > > Jocelyn Fournier > > - Original Message - > From: "DL Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Fournier Jocelyn [Presence-PC]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Timestamps querying question

2002-04-14 Thread DL Neil
Hi Ben, > I have a database table which includes a timestamp(14) field. > > I would like to construct an SQL statement that pulls out records between > two dates, based on this field (i.e. time is not important, date is). > > So a user input "01/01/2001" -> "01/01/2002" and I want to retrieve all

Re: Unique column ?

2002-04-14 Thread DL Neil
Hi gordon, > This is NOT needed as of now.. > (just future-thinking on my part), > > Hi there... Im just experimenting with a new database, > & i'm wondering.. > > Is there a way in which I can create a column in a > mysql table to be a unique number/reference.. - & once > set, I dont need to

Re: How does DISTINCT really work ?

2002-04-14 Thread DL Neil
Hi Jocelyn, > I wonder how works DISTINCT when using it with the following join. > Ex : > > mysql> SELECT DISTINCT topic FROM > searchmainhardwarefr7,searchjoinhardwarefr7 WHERE > searchmainhardwarefr7.numreponse=searchjoinhardwarefr7.numreponse AND > (mot='test') AND date >= '2002-03-24' ORDER B

Re: SQL Query Help

2002-04-03 Thread DL Neil
Stéphane, Answers: There are nine different states (and there are 12 months). * The main problem is the layout and the order of the results set. I will have 9 state (provinces) and I would prefer the month to be the columns. The ideal results would look like this, Please note I have only incl

Re: Query for Summary Report

2002-04-03 Thread DL Neil
Hello Matt, > I've got an SQL question. I have a database that contains Reviews of some > of a clients publications. The client is interested in generating some > summary reports and I simply can't wrap my head around a single SQL query > (if that's possible) that will generate the information I'

Re: SQL Query Help

2002-04-02 Thread DL Neil
Stéphane, > I have INVOICE table here is the layout: > > +-+---+--+-+-+-- > --+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra > | > +-+---+--+-+-+-

Re: MySQL

2002-03-30 Thread DL Neil
Nicklaus, Now that we've got you warmed up: are you able to recommend any online tutorials/references which cover the interfacing of VB/M$ Office products (macros/VBA) to MySQL? Please advise, =dn > Absolutely. I must tell you that we have MUCH fewer problems using VB with > MySQL than we do

Re: GUI

2002-03-29 Thread DL Neil
Anoop, > I need to build a small database for my school project.Is there a way I can interface GLADE to MySQL? A confusion of tools - further research needed. GLADE (as in GTK) will interface to various scripting/programming languages. Various scripting/programming languages will interface to My

Re: Re[2]: client dependent timezone

2002-03-29 Thread DL Neil
Hello Maxim, There's a bit of confusion in this discussion: Do you (a) want to have several databases running on the db-server, and all set to different time zones, or (b) want each client to see db-stored times stated in his/her local timezone? (a) AFAIK (and I claim no special expertise here)

Re: Two tables, which did not match?

2002-03-29 Thread DL Neil
Daniel, > I have a question about determining which case > occurred when there are no matches - using two tables. > > Scenario: > - two tables, one for photos, and one for collections > - zero or more photos can belong to a collection > - the database may not know the collection_id requested >

Re: Help with JOIN query

2002-03-29 Thread DL Neil
Jeff, > What i want to do seems simple, but i can not for the life of me figure out > how to do it. > Tables: These tables are not related in any way. > > A > -- > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > > B > -- > 1,Bob > 3,Jack > 7,Janet > 8,Gary > 9,Kelly > > I would like to combine tables A and B with a SELECT

Re: [newbie post] linked lists..

2002-03-29 Thread DL Neil
Daniel, Was reading an article last night on tree structures and linked list structures at searchdatabase.com. As to "simple", no linked lists are not, and for that reason not a good topic for a first foray into the world of databases. Why don't you work through one of the 'intro to dynamic web si

Re: SQL query question - using LIKE

2002-03-28 Thread DL Neil
Mark, Tutorials: Start at the PHP home page and look for the links page. DevShed would be a good start. Regards, =dn - Original Message - From: "Mark Stringham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DL Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Peter Lovatt" <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Database Design Question

2002-03-28 Thread DL Neil
Nick, > This is pretty familiar to me because I'm analyzing the behavior of people > in on-line discussions, so I'm gathering such data. Which begs the questions: - in what way are you analyzing "behavior"? and - in what way are you analyzing this list-community? =dn MySQL list busting ---

Re: SQL query question - using LIKE

2002-03-28 Thread DL Neil
Mark, Peter, The query below assumes that the user will search of FirstName and none or more of the other fields - which was not how the question reads (to me). To answer the question it would be useful to know how you are accessing MySQL - are you using PHP (as per example code below) for examp

Re: queries ( your help appreciated)

2002-03-28 Thread DL Neil
David, Steven, > I think this is what you want? > > select * from table order by date_column ASC; ( for ascending order..) > select * from table order by date_column DESC; ( for descending order..) > > Replace 'table' with the name of your table and date_column with the > name of the column that

Re: Date Interval Grouping

2002-03-27 Thread DL Neil
~! > Ok here's what I trying to do. I am trying to design a little browser/ip > tracking page and I need an SQL statement that will allow me to group IPs > that hit the site in 5 minute intervals (well I just want the interval thing > to work cuz I'll prolly want to make this like 30 minutes or

Re: Selecting entries in table A that are NOT in table B.

2002-03-18 Thread DL Neil
Hello Markus, > There -has- to be an easy solution to this, but I just can't for > the world figure it out. > > I have a table called members(id,membernum,firstname,lastname) > and a table called paid(id,membernum,year,paid). > > How on earth do I select the members in table members that are > -N

Re: joining 2 identical tables

2002-03-15 Thread DL Neil
Hi Christian, > i'm working on a project for managing used motorcycles. for security reasons > i setup two identical tables. both with the same attributes. > ID,UNIID,Manufacurer... one of the tables is named "Com" and the other > "Prv". > > till now i used to search either "Com" or "Prv". but i

Re: How MySQL handles variables

2002-03-15 Thread DL Neil
Hi GEORGE, > The typical way refers to the update syntax. Ideally, > I would like to be able to do something like that: > - read the value of the variable through a read > statement. > -Specify the value to be appended. > -Do the task. > > Could you please help me out with that? > > > I would li

Re: How MySQL handles variables

2002-03-15 Thread DL Neil
Hi GEORGE, > I would like to ask a simple question about the way > MySQL handles string variabels. Say i have a variable > whose value is foo and I want to change it to foobar. > > Instead of doing it the 'typical' way, I would like to > ask whether there is any mysql command that will allow >

Re: automating mysql command

2002-03-14 Thread DL Neil
Hi Andrew, Let me first say that I am used to using mysql through PHP rather than command line . . . And, as I understand it mysql does not support any sort of “timers”. I need to use a Unix command like cron to automate either a mysql command or php script to output a selection from a few mysq

Re: Changing character X to Y in a table

2002-03-14 Thread DL Neil
Hi Jari, > >have not figured out if one can do character changes with mysql, any one > >know how to do the following for fields in a table > > > >Altering all the x-characters to character y ? > > > > > >=You sure can. Manual reference: 6.3.2 String Functions > >REPLACE() will find the x-characte

Re: Changing character X to Y in a table

2002-03-14 Thread DL Neil
Hi Jari, have not figured out if one can do character changes with mysql, any one know how to do the following for fields in a table Altering all the x-characters to character y ? =You sure can. Manual reference: 6.3.2 String Functions REPLACE() will find the x-characters and replace them all

Re: [mysql] Multiple WHERE options in SELECT

2002-03-14 Thread DL Neil
Jan, >i wonder if its possible to perform multiple WHERE statements in one >mysql SELECT statement like: > >SELECT * FROM table WHERE field1=3D'one' AND field2=3D'two' OR >field3=3D'three'; > >it works with as many AND and >it works with OR but not together > >is there something like brackets or

Re: Inserting strings containing spaces only fails?

2002-03-13 Thread DL Neil
Hello Wout, > Appareantly it's impossible to insert a string, consisting entirely out of > spaces, in a textual field (I've tried varchar(19) and char(2) types, they > both don't work). MySQL doesn't complain about it, but it trims the strings > down to the empty string. If I try a select searchi

Re: Multiple Column Keys with Auto Increment

2002-03-12 Thread DL Neil
Greetings Edgar, > I would just like to know if the following is normal: > > I created a file TRANSACTION_LOG.sql to create an InnoDB table with MULTIPLE > KEYs with one AUTO COLUMN. > > The file consists of the following SQL commands: > > drop table TRANSACTION_LOG; > create table TRANSACTION_LO

Re: How to timestamp records across time zones? ##

2002-03-11 Thread DL Neil
Brent, > What's the best way to timestamp records if records are to be exported and > then re-imported to another web server in a different time zone? Data will > be exported as comma delimited data. All of the combined records should > reflect the same instant in time, and not have the web site

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