Re: selecting the 'best' match

2009-05-12 Thread blackwater dev
g a numerical weight for each > criterion if match and 0 if not; summing those and sorting by the sum > column. > > I would do it in code, though - it may or may not be less efficient, but > it'll be easier to maintain and read. > > > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:50 PM, bla

selecting the 'best' match

2009-05-12 Thread blackwater dev
I have a hold car data such as color, model, make, year, etc. I want to allow the user to answer some questions and I'll present them with the car that 'best' matches their criteria. How do I do this? I still want to return ones that don't match exactly but want the closer matches ordered at the

load data infile

2005-06-30 Thread blackwater dev
Hello all, I have a file where the data looks like this: "1","23","345","45"; "34","4","444","1er"; I am then trying to load that data using the load data local infile and this statement: Load data local infile '/httpd/htdocs/sql/loader.sql' into table vehicles fields terminated by ',' enclosed

Re: update a record but not the timestamp

2004-09-27 Thread /dev/null
Never mind, I just figured it out: First, I copied the whole 'hits' table to 'hits_bak', then ran this: INSERT INTO `csrtech_dirserv`.`hits` SELECT `SID` , 2 AS `AID` , `Phrase` , `IP` , `Link` , `Time` , `Amt` , `F` FROM `csrtech_dirserv`.`hits_bak` WHERE `SID` =5 So that coppied al

update a record but not the timestamp

2004-09-27 Thread /dev/null
We've got about 1,000 records in a table that have timestamps on them. We've ran into a situation where we need to go back and update one field in all of those records without altering the timestamp. since the timestamp is automatically changed when the record is updated we are in a bind. The sql

Re: auto "next row" (was: auto "next field")

2004-04-09 Thread /dev/null
> You could do something like this: > > $start = 0; > if (isset($_GET['start'])) { > $start = 1 * $_GET['start']; //make sure it's numerical > } > > then query: > SELECT .. FROM .. ORDER BY date LIMIT $tart, 1 > > display the comment > > $start++; > > provide a link to thispage.php?

auto "next row" (was: auto "next field")

2004-04-09 Thread /dev/null
Just realized my subject wasn't correct, we don't want the next field, we want the next row... Thanks! > We have a DB of customer comments that we want to display one at a time on > our web site. We want the web pages (wrote in php) to use a user > name/password on the DB that has SELECT ability

auto "next field"

2004-04-09 Thread /dev/null
We have a DB of customer comments that we want to display one at a time on our web site. We want the web pages (wrote in php) to use a user name/password on the DB that has SELECT ability and that's it. What's the best way to cycle through the comments so that each page requested gets the "next"

New to MySQL

2004-02-05 Thread /dev/null
HERE `Name` = 'First Last' )'??? Or do I need to run the inner select and get the ID myself, then run the outer select? I admit, I know just enough SQL to wipe the database and drop all the tables ;-), so any help would be greatly apreciate. Thanks! /dev/null -- MySQL Gene

Re: Problem with Query based on HTML form values - Clarification

2002-12-17 Thread web-dev
RE (condition='new' OR condition='used') AND type='sail' You probably don't need to use LIKE since the form fields will always supply you with the same values. -bill web-dev wrote: Hello, I am attempting to search a table based on information passed from

Problem with Query based on HTML form values

2002-12-17 Thread web-dev
Hello, I am attempting to search a table based on information passed from a submitted form. The form contains details as follows: (radio buttons) Condition: O new O used Type: O powerO sail (textbox) Make: [ ] etc. etc. etc. ( it's a long list!) If I write

Re: Neede MySQL query Equivalent.

2002-01-07 Thread Paulo Botelho/Dev
Hi Erwin Try Select afield from atable where index=(select max(index) from atable); []s Paulo Botelho - Original Message - From: "Erwin Hogeweg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: Neede MySQL query Equivalent. > Hi, > > Coul

lower_case_table_names=1 does not work with Solaris

2001-02-21 Thread dev
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