Certification Feedback?

2009-02-01 Thread Daniel Lahey
I'm considering MySQL certification, and I'm wondering which certifications I should target. I've been developing using MySQL for about 4-5 years, but am looking to get out of development and into a DBA role. I've worked with various database engines for about 20 years, so it would seem

Re: books about mysql tuning

2004-08-09 Thread Daniel Lahey
I've just made it through the MySQL Certification Study Guide and have found it to have pretty good coverage of tuning as well as other subjects. There are probably more in-depth sources available, but it might be a good place to start. - Dan-o On Aug 9, 2004, at 12:42 AM, Eko Budiharto

Re: AM software (access dump) and GUI

2004-08-09 Thread Daniel Lahey
I am by no means a phpMyAdmin guru, but the version I have (2.5.7) has an option for it, accessible by clicking on the Databases link from the main page. I suspect, however, that they will give you a single database that you will not have the DROP DATABASE privilege for and that you will

Server will only start manually when logged in as root with 4.1.3

2004-08-06 Thread Daniel Lahey
I'm unable to get the 4.1.3 server to start automatically at startup or even manually unless I'm logged in as root. I'm on an iBook G4. I downloaded and installed the mysql-standard-4.1.3-beta-apple-darwin7.4.0-powerpc binary and the associated startup item. I've done this successfully with

Re: What would you store in a BLOB field?

2004-08-06 Thread Daniel Lahey
Another use for binary columns is for case-sensitive text such as passwords. If you store text in a CHAR, VARCHAR, or TEXT column, comparisons will not be case-sensitive unless you use the BINARY keyword. An example (from section 6.3.22 of the Language Reference: mysql SELECT a = A;

Re: SELECT difficulties

2004-07-30 Thread Daniel Lahey
You need to use the 'GROUP BY' clause: SELECT offerid, resellerid, MIN(price) FROM A GROUP BY resellerid; Cheers, Dan On Jul 30, 2004, at 2:37 PM, Haitao Jiang wrote: Hi, there Maybe this question is not MySQL specific, but I just wondering if MySQL has any way to doing this: I have a table A like

Panther

2004-04-14 Thread Daniel Lahey
Just thought I'd share my experience with MySQL under Panther. I think the critical thing that got me going was that the /usr/local/mysql/data directory was owned by root instead of mysql. I changed that (chown mysql /usr/local/mysql/data) and everything seems to be a) Hunky b) Dory, thanks

What distribution should I use for Mac OS X 10.3.x (Panther?

2004-04-13 Thread Daniel Lahey
Which distribution should I install on Mac OS X Panther? Thanks. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Getting mysql to work in Panther

2004-04-11 Thread Daniel Lahey
I have been trying for months to set up mysql on my Mac (Panther) with no success. I can't run mysqladmin as root. I get an access denied error message. If I try to use SHELLmysqladmin -u root password 'password' I get access denied as either root or the regular user. I can't run mysql as

So, how do you REALLY install MySQL in Mac OS X (Panther)?!

2004-01-21 Thread Daniel Lahey
Ok, I've read the release notes, the manual, the threads on this mailing list, installed/removed/re-installed about 5 times, tried 4.0.1, 4.1, 5.0, and I can't get MySQL to run on my Mac (dual-proc 867MHz, 768MB RAM). When I run configure, it tells me everything is hunky-dory and that I