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

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

2002-02-22 Thread George Labuschagne
uery) On Saturday 23 February 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

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 archive)

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

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.

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

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) http://lists.mysql.c

Re: How "compressable" is a typical MySQL database?

2002-02-16 Thread George Labuschagne
something), then probably not as much... 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 depende

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 comp

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 > -- > ==