RE: best-practices backups

2004-02-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> > 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 > > by the BACKUP sql command, or some other method? I am not asking > > about replic

RE: Question on sub-selects

2004-01-28 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Hello, > > I have a question that someone here may or may not be > able to answer (I > think perhaps MySQL is incapable of a solution). I have a > program which > uses a MySQL database to help create a playlist for a > ShoutCast stream. > There is a web site associated with the web-radi

RE: mysql.sock permission srwxrwxrwx

2004-01-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
yeah, if its owned by mysql with no write privs. That doesn't mean you cant change it using root.. > I'm trying to open mysql.sock file as a ROOT and receive the > error message > permission denied. > Why mysql.sock has such permission? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://

RE: select distinct from two columns

2004-01-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
select distinct(col1,col2) should work.. Group by most certainly will... Select col1,col2 from table group by col1, col2.. Same thing > Hello, > > The two columns of my table are name and city. I am trying to > do a list which contains only the different names. This can > be done this by disti