HELP! Select queries for tables that has fields with # characters

2004-01-29 Thread Howell, Scott
I am trying to query a table that has field names with # characters in them. For example a table emp_earn has a field called FILE# I need to do a query where FILE# = 1332, but anything I try errors out. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To

RE: HELP! Select queries for tables that has fields with # characters

2004-01-29 Thread Howell, Scott
select * from emp where `file#` = 1332; returns ERROR 1054: Unknown column 'file' in 'where clause' -Original Message- From: Bernard Clement [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:19 PM To: Howell, Scott; Mysql (E-mail) Subject: Re: HELP! Select queries for tables

Query is running slow that was running fast last week.

2003-12-22 Thread Howell, Scott
This query below is running REALLY slow. The indexes and EXPLAIN result are below. Last week this query was running in 20 sec, now it takes so long (20 mins). No I reloaded all the data from the oe-invoice table over the weekend. as I do every weekend. I have noticed that sometimes the query

Perl/mysql question

2003-07-30 Thread Howell, Scott
Has anyone written a perl script to get records from another database and write it to a file on mysql's LOAD DATA INFILE format? I just need some pointers in perl so a LOAD DATA INFILE will be read correctly. For example, a perl script: Select * from emp from a Progress database Will write to a

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2003-07-22 Thread Howell, Scott
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