mysqldump - basic question

2001-12-20 Thread ROry O'Connor
this is an absolute newbie question - but when i try to run mysqldump with a cron (like with a shell script) i can't because mysqldump utility stops to ask for a password. how can I either embed the password or set up mysqldump to not ask for one if, for instance, root is running the shell scr

efficient DELETE query - 2 tables

2001-12-09 Thread rory o'connor
I want to write an efficient query that will delete all records from one table when they show up in another table (pending shipments --> shipped shipments). I can't do it with this: mysql> DELETE from pending_2 WHERE pending_2.ordno = ordersearch_2.ordno; because you can only refer to columns

MYSQL-based commerce packages

2001-12-05 Thread rory o'connor
I'm looking for a new commerce package, something run of a MySQL database. it's gotta have bulletproof (well, as close as you can get) session management. I wonder what others on the list are using and like? input is appreciated! thanks! -

Re: duplicate delete query

2001-08-30 Thread Rory O'Connor
I want to leave one record behind, but delete all other records that have the same e-mail address. Is there a standard query for this or do I need to write a script that will do it? THanks, Rory On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:35:48 -0500, "Rory O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

duplicate delete query

2001-08-30 Thread Rory O'Connor
excuse me if this is too newbie...but I need to perform a duplicate delete on my database using the e-mail address as the key. I understnad how to use COUNT and DISTINCT together... select count(DISTINCT email) FROM table; but I can't seem to find any info on how to perform the actual deletio

re-indexing records

2001-07-17 Thread Rory O'Connor
I'm a bit of a mysql newbie...excuse if this is rudimentary. I imported about 5000 records and realized that the index is a bit scewy since i deleted alot of records while it was in access. rather than fix it in access and re-import it, is there an easy way to re-index the records in mysql? tha

2 programs - 1 database

2001-06-15 Thread Rory O'Connor
I am using a PHP script and a separate perl script, and they are operating on the same MySQL database. I am fairly new to MySQL (and programming in general), and I'm wondering if this could cause any problems - especially during peak traffic times. Are there measures I should be taking to minimi

properly checking for existing records with perl

2001-06-15 Thread Rory O'Connor
I am writing a small perl script that will write data to a Mysql database. The SQL will need to be different based on whether or not the e-mail address already exists in the database though. I coded something that works, but I would like some feedback as to whether or not this is the best way.