Re: Is there a limit on the email size for this list?

2002-02-23 Thread George Labuschagne
Hi Egor, I created them according to the INSTALL-BINARY file included in the package downloadable from www.mysql.com I qoute this from the file: // 1. Pick the directory under which you want to unpack the

Please help newbie with installation. (I read the manual ;-p)

2002-02-22 Thread George Labuschagne
Sorry to double post to the list. Is there anybody out there using SuSE7.3 with the downloadable 4.0.1 max version of mysql? I truly want to start exploring mysql but I cannot get it to run (see below for first post). Thanks in advance for any advice G Hi, I am running SuSE 7.3 Professional

Is there a limit on the email size for this list?

2002-02-22 Thread George Labuschagne
I posted a question but received a message stating the file was to large? G (mysql, query) - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list

Re: Is there a limit on the email size for this list?

2002-02-22 Thread George Labuschagne
2002 00:50, alastair wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 11:21:23PM +0200, George Labuschagne wrote: I posted a question but received a message stating the file was to large? Look at the message. Some idiot's mailbox is over the limit. Anytime I post to this list I get 2 return mails bounced from

Newbie needs help with installation.

2002-02-21 Thread George Labuschagne
Hi, I am running SuSE 7.3 Professional and i downloaded the binary files for Max 4.0 version from here: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-max-4.0.html I followed the installation procudure to the letter from this file: /mysql-max-4.0.1-alpha-pc-linux-gnu-i686/INSTALL-BINARY in the archive.

C API example code.

2002-02-20 Thread George Labuschagne
Hi list, Where can I find an online tutorial / example on how to use the C API for mysql? TIA George (mysql, query, sql) - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual)

Re: C API example code.

2002-02-20 Thread George Labuschagne
Thanks, I will have a look at the official site. Is anybody aware of a non-oficial site that contains an example with a real db as backend. (With real db I mean tables with a few thousand+ records per table and advanced queries with multiple joins) and then how one can optimise the c code to run

How compressable is a typical MySQL database?

2002-02-16 Thread George Labuschagne
Hi list, How compressible is a typical MySQL database? Is this more dependent on the type of columns used i.e. a lot of text columns as opposed to a lot of columns containing integer values? The uncompressed size of the database is in the region of about 800-MB. Also will it suffice to only

Re: How compressable is a typical MySQL database?

2002-02-16 Thread George Labuschagne
... tar your mysql dir and gzip it, or gzip -9 or bzip2 if you're looking for more compression. test it out. -tcl. On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, George Labuschagne wrote: Hi list, How compressible is a typical MySQL database? Is this more dependent on the type of columns used i.e. a lot of text

When does the timestamp field gets updated?

2002-02-15 Thread George Labuschagne
Hi all, If one uses the timestamp data type for a column inside a table, when executing an update query on said table on a spesific record, will the timestamp column be updated as well or will it retain its first value? Thanks for any info in advance, George mysql, query, sql

Re: Old Messages

2002-02-13 Thread George Labuschagne
Yep I have been getting lots of old messages as well. Sinisa Milivojevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/12 3:43 PM Van writes: Greetings: Anyone else getting lists messages from several days, or longer ago? Phrrrp!: sql database table mysql Van --