Setting variables on update

2004-02-20 Thread Matt Fagan
if this is something MySQL can do, and if so, what is the correct syntax? Note that I can't use an autoincrement column because the IDs aren't being put into a database. I've searched through MySQL docs and mailing lists but couldn't find any mention of this. Any help would be appreciated. Matt Fagan [EMAIL

Re: Automatic conversion from `char` TO `varchar`

2004-02-09 Thread Matt Fagan
is that joins between static tables are faster than joins between dynamic tables (by about 20% for the int column join). I guess this is what the MySQL manual is talking about (and other people who posted the same thing to this thread). Matt Fagan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://greetings.yahoo.com.au

Re: Automatic conversion from `char` TO `varchar`

2004-02-08 Thread Matt Fagan
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Re: Automatic conversion from `char` TO `varchar`

2004-02-08 Thread Matt Fagan
difference between fixed/variable length rows, as oppposed to the relative efficiency of CHAR vs. VARCHAR. Michael Matt Fagan wrote: I'm having the same problem. I did a performance test, and CHAR columns are significantly faster than VARCHAR (at least on my platform - MySQL 4.1.1a