Re: please help optimize this query

2006-06-01 Thread Joseph Alotta
May 31, 2006 12:25:50 PM CDT To: "Joseph Alotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: please help optimize this query I'd start by looking at your schema.. Quite a lot of use of varchars... I'd suggest using chars (takes more space but processes fas

please help optimize this query

2006-05-31 Thread Joseph Alotta
Greetings, I generate this report of all the holdings by symbol, summing up over accounts. It is taking much too long. I was wondering if I can add an index on something to make it more efficient. The first query gets the most recent date, the next query sums it up by symbol. Thank you

basic questions: setting a variable and using a column name

2005-12-26 Thread Joseph Alotta
greetings, I know this is pretty basic stuff, but I couldn't find an answer in google. 1. I want to set the @maxdate variable, but mysql complains. What am I doing wrong? 2. The 3rd to the last line: and (p.value - t.amount) < -1000 I wanted to say diff < -1000 but mysql

Re: sequential id

2005-12-16 Thread Joseph Alotta
Greetings, Thank you Dahl and Xiaobo. Here it is working for all to see. I particularly like that it doesn't try to use a key again once it is deleted. Joe. mysql> use names; Database changed mysql> create table people ( id mediumint unsigned not null auto_increment, -> first

sequential id

2005-12-15 Thread Joseph Alotta
Greetings, I have a bunch of names and addresses that I am adding to MySql database. I would like to automatically assign a unique sequence number to each person. Is there a way to do this easily? idname 1 bob jones 2 larry smith 3 henry rogers Thanks for you help, Jo