RE: one long lived connection or many short lived?

2005-03-02 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Tommy McNeely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am building an IRC based application "bot" (using libmysql) .. that > will take commands from users (!mybugs, !mybugs KEY !newbugs, > etc), do > SQL queries and of course dump formatted results back to the channel.

RE: Comparing bug in 4.1.7

2004-12-02 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Roger Baklund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This definition (from the manual) is self-contradicting: 1 OR NULL > should evaluate to 1 because "any operand is non-zero", but it should > also evaluate to NULL because "any operand is NULL". > > http://dev.mysql.c

RE: [OT] Email heaaders and threading (was Re: update MySQL)

2004-10-07 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Stassen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This tells the recipient's email client that your message is > a reply, not a new message, despite your efforts to change the subject and > recipients. Many email clients use that header to decide which thread a me

RE: update MySQL

2004-10-05 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Jeff Smelser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Tuesday 05 October 2004 01:56 pm, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > Saves having to retype the list address, or look it up. I > don't see what > > difference it makes... > > Click

RE: Dyna III electronic ignition install questions R80/7

2004-10-05 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Mansell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > What build of MySQL are you running? I don't believe an electronic > ignition is included in 4.0 or 4.1. It's slated for 5.0, to complement the turbocharger and MegaSquirt support. -- MySQL General Mailing List For l

RE: update MySQL

2004-10-05 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Jeff Smelser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Whats the deal and this list? No one can ever just hit new > message, they > always hit reply and put a new subject in.. Saves having to retype the list address, or look it up. I don't see what difference it makes...

RE: Help With MySQLdump needed!!

2004-08-31 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Sparks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I want to have an automatic backup done of my SQL databases, > but cant quite > figure out how to use mysqldump to do this properly... I use a script that I run as a nightly cron job. Here's the one I use: --- #!/bin/sh

RE: on big mysql .MYD files and linux's 2GB file size limit

2004-08-03 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Gunnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Depends on what file system you are running that is a > ext2 limit if you move to ext3 or reiser you should be fine. > But then a default config on MySQL will run into a 4.29 Gig > limit, which you can change.

RE: Stop Scrolling

2004-06-01 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Hassan Schroeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > When I do > > mysql>SHOW TABLES \p less; > > I get the error message "You have an error in your SQL syntax near > > 'less' in line 1" I am using dos, not unix. > > 1) that's not

RE: Very Strange data corruption

2004-05-25 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: David Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > MySQL really should throw an exception/error rather than just quietly > trim your data and accept it. When your data is critical, and your > business depends on it, you can't have bad data quietly going > into th

RE: Gripe with MySQL

2004-04-20 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Michael McTernan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > if you don't have error checking in yourself, that's your problem > > not mysql's problem. > > True, but still doesn't help when someone inexperienced with > MySQL makes a > mistake and buggers the database...

RE: BOM Select statement

2004-03-05 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Wesley Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > What I want is to know how to build a SELECT statement which will > return all components of mynewpc and navigate down the > bill-of-materials > and also return all the components for the case, the powersupply and >

RE: best-practices backups

2004-02-11 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Madscientist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > We use this mechanism, but we do our mysqldumps from a slave > so the time doesn't matter. Excellent idea. > Interesting side effect: A GZIP of the data files is _huge_. > A GZIP of the > mysqldump is _tiny_. For

RE: best-practices backups

2004-02-11 Thread David Brodbeck
> > -Original Message- > > From: Michael Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Is there any "best-practices" wisdom on what is the most preferable > > method of backing up moderately (~10-20,000 record) MySQL 4 > > databases? A mysql dump to store records as text, the > format provided >

RE: Odd Rounding?

2004-01-23 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Kuebler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Can anyone explain why: > > SELECT ROUND(.012345, 5) > -> .01234 > > Why doesn't mysql round the 5 up to .01235? How do I get it > to round up? Oftentimes standard practice is to round up if the digit before the

RE: Mysql listed in spamcop?

2004-01-15 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Somehow the mysql mailserver got listed in spamcop? Probably the usual SpamCop GIGO problem. If people send false reports, systems that don't deserve it get listed. I don't use Spamcop anymore for that reason. -

RE: read: Off subject regarding the mysql list!

2003-12-01 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Bob Loeffler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have my rule in Outlook set up as: > > "Apply this rule after the message arrives > with lists.mysql.com in the message header > move it to the MySQL and PHP folder" I was about to suggest the same thing, except th

RE: Mysql just stopped working on my server - any way to track do wn the problem?

2003-11-13 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Matt Babineau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am running 4.0.15-standard on RH9. My mysql database just stopped > working, is there a way I can log information about why it stops like > this? the *.err was unhelpful. Did you just install a glibc upgrade/bugfix

RE: mysql eating up processor

2003-10-16 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Travis Reeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is there a way to give mysql a lower priority? If you're on a UNIXish operating system, you could try running it with the 'nice' command. 'nice' lets you set the priority of the process you launch with it. Note that

RE: Why does the oracle listen on this list

2003-08-26 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Scott Haneda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Pretty much every time I post to mysql list, I get one of the > below back, > what is this all about and how can I stop it... Looks like, somehow, the Internet Oracle got subscribed. Maybe a virus forged mail that a

RE: Best Pratices for mySQL Backups in Enterprise

2003-06-30 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Keith C. Ivey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > It's true that mysqldump doesn't put the data for the index itself > into the dump file. That does not automatically mean that the dump > files will be smaller than the .MYD, .MYI, and .frm files combined. > The

RE: Best Pratices for mySQL Backups in Enterprise

2003-06-27 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Keith C. Ivey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 5:49 PM > The dump file will be larger than the MyISAM data file for the > original table -- especially if you have many non-text columns > (dates, numbers, ENUM columns, etc.). In som

RE: Anyone had a chance to try an Opteron yet?

2003-06-25 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Lenz Grimmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Actually, you can create larger files on 32bit Linux systems > as well. It's > just that the file system and the C library must have support for LFS > (Large File Support): > > http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html

RE: Big Mistake Need Help, can I undo an action I did?

2003-06-16 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Fred van Engen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sorry, you'll need a backup. If your backup is not recent > enough and you > have a binary log (e.g. for replication), you can use that > log to restore > the database state. If you have a backup and the update lo

RE: Why are my sorts so slow?

2003-06-13 Thread David Brodbeck
MySQL can use indexes to sort, but not when your WHERE clause contains a column other than the one being sorted on. I think the MySQL manual has a good section on what 'filesort' means and when MySQL uses it. Basically it's selecting all the rows that meet your WHERE clause, then running a quicks

Other front ends (Was: RE: I need advice. MSAccess frontend to PH P/MYSQL. ANyone done this?)

2003-06-10 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: MyLists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The main thing you should realize right off the bat is that > Access gives you > a lot of functionality with buttons and other controls and > they are quite > easy to control with macros and/or VBA. However, depending on

RE: Is port forwarding over SSH an OK way to do it?

2003-05-30 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Peter Rønning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm planning to set up an MySQL database on a server, and > connect to it > over the internet (no connection to a website or anything, just a > private db server). Just wondering what is the recomended way > to do it,

RE: How to secure a MySQL database from people with physical acce ss

2003-05-27 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: mos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I could encrypt certain table fields, but this will make > writing the front > end a pain because all SQL statements will now need to be > changed any time > a new column is encrypted. It also won't help you any, because t

RE: Could we make this a web discussion forum?

2003-04-01 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Seth Brundle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I don't have to wait for some remote, overloaded server > > to respond. > > I dont understand this one at all. Every web forum I've used has been slow. I don't want to have to wait 10-20 seconds to pull up each me

RE: Could we make this a web discussion forum?

2003-04-01 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Seth Brundle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This makes no sense as message I post to a Yahoo! Group get emailed to > opt-in members and appears on the group within seconds, while > I may not > receive something I posted to the MySQL list for minutes or > somet

RE: Could we make this a web discussion forum?

2003-04-01 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Seth Brundle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I've worked with MySQL for about 7 years > and have never > found it convenient. Fair enough. But I've worked with probably half a dozen web boards and have yet to see one I liked better than an email list. All the

RE: Could we make this a web discussion forum?

2003-03-31 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Seth Brundle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > H...seems like some Yahoo! employee has never used > Yahoo! Groups ;) I know a lot of people who refuse to use Yahoo Groups because of Yahoo's very open and ever-changing privacy policy. Most of the other comb

RE: Could we make this a web discussion forum?

2003-03-31 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Jeremy Zawodny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I really hate on-line forums. They're difficult to track because I > must remember visit them daily. Agreed. I don't need yet another web page to keep track of. I prefer to let my mail reader thread up the messag

RE: ODBC connection from Windows app to Linux backend?

2003-03-27 Thread David Brodbeck
Would MyODBC do what you want? I'm using it to connect MS Access to MySQL, and also to connect a Borland Delphi application to a MySQL database. It works pretty well. Consult the FAQ for known glitches with specific applications. > -Original Message- > From: LaBranche, Kevin [mailto:[EM

Need some help accessing unsigned columns from Delphi

2003-02-18 Thread David Brodbeck
ception saying that 4294967295 is not a valid value for this field. Do I have any options other than giving up and using a signed BIGINT field? -- David Brodbeck, System Administrator InterClean Equipment, Inc. Ypsilanti, M

RE: timing

2003-02-01 Thread David Brodbeck
Have you checked for network problems? You might try FTPing a file to and from the production server, or something similar, just to rule this out. I've had slowness problems with various apps that were driving me *nuts* until I found a network issue causing them. In a few cases I had a duplex mi

RE: ReiserFS vs Ext3

2003-01-22 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Michael T. Babcock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > I would E-mail the reiserfs list and ask for whether ReiserFS > would be > better for a MySQL-only partition than ext3 and see what answers you > get. In the worst case, you'll have some extreme "resierfs is

RE: myODBC, if left alone, can lock up an Access table

2003-01-14 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Steve Quezadas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > I notice that sometimes when I establish a connection with > myODBC with > Microsoft Access, and send it occasional sql statements it > works fine at > first. But if you let it sit for, say, 30 minutes and comes

RE: RE: Problem to access MySQL via MySQLFront

2003-01-13 Thread David Brodbeck
> Stupid filter fodder: sql,query,queries,smallint > > -Original Message- > > From: Dean Householder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > The problem is with the new glibc-2.2.5-40 package released > > on October 3, > > 2002. Apparently its a known issue, and people are aware of > > it. T

RE: What, if anything, is wrong with UNIX Epoch time stamps? [Was: R E: TimeStamp in MySQL reqd NULL]

2002-12-23 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Michael T. Babcock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Csongor Fagyal wrote: > > > Oh and one more thing I am not really sure of: sometimes > defining the > > day as 3600*24 or the year as 3600*24*365 is not the best > idea... just > > think about leap

RE: How long is my piece of string?

2002-12-23 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Mike Wexler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > The best answer is, "try it and see." If your tables are > small. Adding > and removing indices is very quick. And testing queries is > also very quick. Enabling the slow query log, and enabling log-long-format can

RE: Is it possible to backup a corrupt database without being

2002-12-20 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > I can FTP and telnet in to my site as "admin" or a user, but > all the files in > /var are owned by root so cannot be deleted, with the > exception of several > mysql files owned by mysql, which I also cannot

RE: Can MySQL handle 120 million records?

2002-12-18 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Joe Stump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > We hit the 2gb file limit in Linux (NOT a MySQL problem) and > moved to Solaris without incident. This appears to have been largely fixed in Linux, too, if you use a recent kernel and glibc. I recently tried creating

RE: access->mysql

2002-12-04 Thread David Brodbeck
I used MySQLFront. It wasn't entirely automatic, but it did a reasonable job. There are some gotchas. Take your time, and be sure to read the notes for using Access and MyODBC with MySQL, if that's how you're going to do it -- some column types are not recommended. You'll want to add a TIMEST

RE: [OT] LEGAL information about MySQL.

2002-12-02 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Pae Choi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Seems like all against I see are coming from MySQL team. > I know MySQL is stealing a lot of code from the public > domain, inclduing the SSL part. How funny! By definition you can't "steal" anything from the public doma

RE: backing up mySQL database ?

2002-12-02 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: Neil Tompkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Can anyone recommend a software app. I could buy to be able > to dump data and > table structures to a text file. Ideally as mentioned before > I need to run > this on a hourly basis. Backing up the entire data

RE: MySQL hangs on remote connections

2002-11-27 Thread David Brodbeck
-Original Message- > From: David Brodbeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:09 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: MySQL hangs on remote connections > > > I'm having a rather bizarre problem...at least, it seems >

MySQL hangs on remote connections

2002-11-27 Thread David Brodbeck
x27;s been made is the RedHat glibc update to fix the name resolver security hole was done, and mysql wasn't restarted until now, so it would have been running on the old glibc until the reboot. I checked all the tables with myisamchk and they're okay. Any ideas? -- Da