Re: starting mysql as user

2003-06-06 Thread gerald_clark
/var/lib/mysql must be world searchable: /var/lib/mysql/ must be writeable by the user mysql. /var/lib/mysql.sock will be created when mysqld starts, and must be world writable. jude dashiell wrote: Here's the output I get only as a user to mysql but not logging in as root: Script started on

Re: Help with Date Range Query

2003-06-06 Thread gerald_clark
Because now - a future date is a negative number, and therefore 30. Trevor Sather wrote: Hello, Any idea why the following doesn't work? It's taken from the MySQL manual which says it should return records in the last 30 days. As you can see, I'm getting records spanning some 19 months from

Re: SELECT MIN(order), MAX(order) SYNTAX ERROR

2003-05-31 Thread gerald_clark
mike wOZniewski wrote: Hi... silly question maybe. I want to execute the following query: mysql_query(SELECT MIN(order), MAX(order) FROM downloads WHERE class='1'); order is a reserved word. try: MIN(`order`), MAX(`order`) Note use back ticks ` NOT ' ...but it doesn't work and gives me a

Re: Innocent (looking) query pinning mysqld

2003-05-31 Thread gerald_clark
You have no ON condition for image_cat_location_link. Chris Cameron wrote: The gist; the below query doesn't finish, can't figure out why. -- Query -- SELECT images.iid, images.locnetid, images.path, images.CD, lightbox_location_image_LINK.iid FROM

Re: changing mysqld deamon ownership.

2003-05-31 Thread gerald_clark
It just means you didn't enter the password for root. 2Hosts.com wrote: Hi Nils, So if I su to root and try to start mysql, I get the following... does that mean I'm secure? I am still finding the very confusing, but doing my best to look it up on dejanews and in books etc so as to not stress

Re: problem with subquery

2003-05-29 Thread gerald_clark
WHERE TAB2_ID 2 is the problem. Do you want = or or what? Also your version of MySQL must support sub selects. James Moe wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 28 May 2003 15:18:16 -0400, Hassan Farha wrote: SELECT * FROM TAB1 WHERE TAB1_ID IN (SELECT TAB2_ID FROM TAB2

Re: after install, starting daemon mysqld -- failed !!

2003-04-04 Thread gerald_clark
chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql alain POULET wrote: HELP! Description: Try starting daemon [EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql]# ./bin/safe_mysqld 38; Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/var 030404 11:32:37 mysqld ended Trace: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql]# cd var [EMAIL

Re: Persisten Connection

2003-04-04 Thread gerald_clark
If the perl program is a daemon, than it can keep the connection open. If you are running the same perl program many times, it will have to make the connection each time. Kory Wheatley wrote: We have a perl cgi program that refreshes every 45 seconds and connects to a mysql database to update

Re: Security

2003-04-04 Thread gerald_clark
Read the section of the manual on table types. Different table drivers offer differnt types of locking. ISAM and MYISAM don't, but BDB and INNODB types offer different types of row and or page locking. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I would like to know if MySQL allows for record locking.

Re: [MySQL] RE: Question: Connecting MySQL with DreamWeaver MX on Windows 2000

2003-04-04 Thread gerald_clark
What do you mean by mysql won't create databases? -- notice stupid '?' inside of quotes when I am not quoting a question. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: actually i know how to make connections in dreamweaver and since mysql won't create databases, i kinda figured i should start there. thanks for

Re: [MySQL] RE: Question: Connecting MySQL with DreamWeaver MX on Windows 2000

2003-04-04 Thread gerald_clark
someone. i'm sure the rest of the list is incredibly impressed with your wit and knowledge. everyone must be looking up to you now as you bask in the glory of being so wonderful! - Original Message - From: gerald_clark To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04

Re: Schema definition fails when converted to InnoDB

2003-04-03 Thread gerald_clark
You can't add constraints referencing indices that don't exist. Create your indecies first. Ian Hartas wrote: Description: I have a database schema .sql file which is accepted when run with MyISAM tables. If I change the tables to be type = InnoDB, then it fails with the error

Re: Problem with sum()

2003-04-03 Thread gerald_clark
Because neither 0.7 nor 0.1 have an exact binary floating point reprsentation. Use Decimal type instead. LeTortorec, Jean-Louis wrote: Hello every one, I have a simple table, with a float field called quantity. In this table, there are 2 records: 1 with quantity=0.7, and 1 with quantity=0.1.

Re: How Many

2003-04-02 Thread gerald_clark
Cal Evans wrote: Ed, 1: It depends on your hardware. I don't think MySQL imposes a restriction. 2: It doesn't work that way. It's not like VFP or Access where you 'edit' a record. You can SELECT the contents of a record, you can manipulate them and then you can UPDATE that record (assuming

Re: How Many

2003-04-02 Thread gerald_clark
. not both. It it's you then you own the record. If it's someone else then someone slipped in and grabbed it from you. =C= - Original Message - From: gerald_clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Cal Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Ed Kiefer [EMAIL PROTECTED]; MySQL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02

Re: How Many

2003-04-02 Thread gerald_clark
Yes, but both men think they have the record. So 'A' looses bigtime. My version catches this. Cal Evans wrote: last man wins. - Original Message - From: gerald_clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Cal Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: MySQL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 11:10 AM

Re: Selected items delete

2003-04-02 Thread gerald_clark
Delete from table where num in ( 1,13,34) ; Pag wrote: Hi, I am kinda new to this mysql thing, so please forgive the basic question. What i need to do is, list my records on a table with a checkbox for each. After we choose several of the records, we click a button and i want to

Re: Auto_increment question...

2003-04-01 Thread gerald_clark
Check the manual for last_insert_id(). Noel Wade wrote: Hi All, Say I have a table with an auto_increment field that is being used at the primary key. When I insert a new record, is there any way to easily grab the primary key value for that new record? I had another unique field that I was

Re: Quick unique question...

2003-04-01 Thread gerald_clark
Why don't you try it yourself. You could have tried it in less time than it took to mail the question. The manual works too. I'm not going to answer because you need to learn how to learn. Noel Wade wrote: I know its possible to use multiple fields for the primary key in a table i.e. primary

Re: Upgrading from 3.23.5x to 4.0.12 version 4 show no tables in any database

2003-04-01 Thread gerald_clark
Add your database directory to your my.cnf file. They were possibly compiled with diferent default database locations. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Description: I have upgraded from 3.23.5x versions to 4.0.12 on Linux Redhat operating system. On 3 machines I only upgraded the RPMs

Re: Help With Default Value

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
Don't do that !!! You will eventually get the wrong row when someone else inserts after you. Use last_insert_id(). MySQL List wrote: Nevermind I got it $next_number = $dbh-selectrow_array(qq{ SELECT MAX(id) FROM whatever_table }); Richard. - Original Message - From: MySQL List

Re: Could we make this a web discussion forum?

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
If this is an April fools joke, you are off a day. Seth Brundle wrote: I really hate mailing lists - they are dinosaurs for this type of thing. A web discussion board is a much more powerful and flexible tool for this type of community. Thread tracking, archiving, searching, dont have to

Re: upgrading

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
Joseph Bannon wrote: I'm upgrading from 3.23.53 to 4.0.12 and noticed that 4.0.12 wants to pull data files from /var/lib/mysql. I set the prefix to be /home/mysql4, so why is it wanting to get the data from this new location? When I installed 3.23.53, I set the prefix as /home/mysql3 and it

Re: 'delete' syntax

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
warm-fusion wrote: Hi, I'm just wondering what the right syntax for using the delete statement is? I'm trying to write a simple garbage collection/deletion query similar to the queries below. delete from 'item' where 'quantity_of_item_in_stock' = 10; delete from item where

Re: date_add usage

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying go get a future date from a query that contains a datetime column. I figured I would be able to use an alias in the query to calculate the future date as follows: select expires as date_add('date' + interval 180 days) from table; 'date' is a string. Did you

Re: InnoDB

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
Those are binary log files used in replication. If you are not running replication, remove the line bin-log from the config file. Tiele Declercq wrote: Hey guys, Ii could not find an answer on the innodb website, i'm using InnoDB now for some months and i'm very happy since the constant

Re: date_add usage

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
, ad_type, date_add('submit', interval 180 day) as expires from table; 'submit' is a string. Leave off the quotes! Any ideas on this one?? TIA, Ed On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, gerald_clark wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying go get a future date from a query that contains a datetime

Re: InnoDB

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
I delete the old binlogs after doing my nightly mysqlhotcopy. Tiele Declercq wrote: Hey, thanks fopr the tip. Indeed the line was in there. Can i now erase those bin files that have been written before ? - Original Message - From: gerald_clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tiele Declercq [EMAIL

Re: JOIN function in SELECT

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
This is not really a MySQL docs problem. The manual gives the mysql syntax, but you are expected to already know SQL. You need to get a book on SQL. SELECT data.id, data.title FROM data,archive WHERE data.favorite=archive.favorite AND data.favorite='Y'; Bob Sawyer wrote: First, a little rant: I

Re: problem loading data into DB w/ perl script

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
Charles Hauser wrote: All, I am having difficulty loading data into a DB using a perl script.Linux RH8 box. DB creation: mysql -uroot -p -e 'create database yeast' mysql -uroot -p -e 'grant all privileges on yeast.* to [EMAIL PROTECTED]' mysql -uroot -p -e 'grant all privileges on

Re: Bug in MYSQL replication

2003-03-31 Thread gerald_clark
You may consider it a bug, but it is the documented behavior. Dyego Souza do Carmo wrote: I'm using MySQL/InnoDB 4.0.12 I set replication to replicate only database escribaupdate... The bug is: I connect in database escribaupdate and run: delete from escriba_autorizacao; go to shell and

Re: Numbering within groups

2003-03-28 Thread gerald_clark
If it is MYISAM: ALTER TABLE projected ADD COLUMN partnumber INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT , ADD UNIQUE KEY (projectid,partnumber); If you don't want to keep the automatic incrementing of the partnumber for each project, then drop the key. Renger van Nieuwkoop wrote: Hi I have the

Re: Trouble creating foreign keys

2003-03-28 Thread gerald_clark
You have several problems. Both tables have duplicate keys. You don't have a (c_id) key in table2 to add a constraint to. William Hambleton wrote: I can't seem to be able to create foreign keys. Here are my create procedures and the error I am receiving. CREATE TABLE `test1` ( `a_id`

Re: sub-selects and php

2003-03-28 Thread gerald_clark
You did not show us your actual insert statement, but You can not insert into a table listed anywhere in the select. Udo Schubert wrote: hi there! i'm wondering about these sub-selects and the mysql-version peroblems they cause! somewhere on mysql.com is said: sub-selects need mysql

Re: Fw: Help, Insert not working.

2003-03-27 Thread gerald_clark
Try reading your return codes. You got a duplicate key error that you were ignoring. C. Reeve wrote: I got it - stupid me has a unique field that I wasn't using in the test script I was using - so every I tried to add an entry this field was a duplicate and as such did not add the record. Is

Re: MySQL on Darwin 10.1.5 Help

2003-03-27 Thread gerald_clark
Error 13 is a permissions denied problem. Make sure the data directories and files are owned by mysql. Bill Davies wrote: I am having trouble getting MySQL 3.23.51 running on macOS X 10.1.5 (Darwin) ** First it won't let me assign a root password, I think because it's not running. Trying to

Re: Mirroring a table

2003-03-27 Thread gerald_clark
Read about replication in the manual. This may be what you need. Ville Mattila wrote: Hello everyone, I was wondering how could I make a mirror copy of a table to another server in the easiest way? I browsed through the MySQL documentation but didn't find any clue of a COPY TABLE command or a

Re: MySQL Daemon wont start

2003-03-26 Thread gerald_clark
The mysql data directories and files must be owned by mysql. Error 13 is a permission denied operating system error. Toto Gamez wrote: i installed mysql-3.23.41-1 on my RH7.2 box but when i run safe_mysqld, mysql daemon started but dies i tried to check the log and says: 030326 14:35:46 mysqld

Re: mysql under unix in batch mode

2003-03-26 Thread gerald_clark
Create a .my.cnf file in your home directory with permissions set to 600. In that file put the lines [mysql] user=root password=mysql now you can enter: mysql did.query did.out Marianadin, Didier wrote: Hi, I want to execute a simple query in batch mode in a mysql database. my OS : Unix

Re: Encode Function

2003-03-25 Thread gerald_clark
Did you check the source? Sean Biganski wrote: Any know what algorithm MySQL uses for its encode/decode functions?? Sean -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wrong mysql.sock

2003-03-24 Thread gerald_clark
Did you add a socket option to the proper paragraph in /etc/my.cnf? Ex: [client] socket=/raid2/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock Ville Mattila wrote: Hi there, I'm upgrading my old MySQL 3.2 to a new MySQL 4.0 and at the same time I decided to change the location of my data directory. Everything went

Re: Presentation and data size

2003-03-24 Thread gerald_clark
Esteban Cabezudo wrote: First of all, I want to say hello and sorry because my english it s very poor. I hope you don't care about it. My name is Esteban, I'm from Uruguay. I begin whit mySQL and I have a simple question... for the moment... :) If I define a BLOB(760) column. The maiximum size

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread gerald_clark
Well, then I would buy a $50.00 product using MySQL, and then your $5000.00 product. Oh, and subtract the $500.00 license fee. I already have a license. I prefer to pay a flat fee for each license, not a fee based on the price of your software. John Griffin wrote: Hello David, Since you were

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread gerald_clark
solution for. John -Original Message- From: gerald_clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:49 PM To: John Griffin Cc: David Axmark; Damir Dezeljin; MySQL List Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql Well, then I would buy a $50.00 product using MySQL, and then your $5000.00

Re: Fw: problem about bulk insertion

2003-03-19 Thread gerald_clark
How do you know these possibly duplicate records are not already in the table? What is wrong with adding a unique index on (fld2,fld3) ? Hu Qinan wrote: Dear all, I intend to write a large volume of records to a table tbl. tbl: fld1, int unsigned not null auto_increment primary key, fld2,

Re: Update to one of three values.

2003-03-17 Thread gerald_clark
Maybe I am missing something, but why not: UPDATE T SET T.Data = 1 WHERE . . . With only 2 fields, what could be in your WHERE clause? Hu Qinan wrote: A table T contains two fields: T.ID, T.Data. I want to set its T.Data to one of three values: NULL, 0, 1 according to its T.ID. This is what I

Re: FW: Connect to mysql server fail!

2003-03-17 Thread gerald_clark
You did not create 'root'. You set the root password to 'therootpassword' Did you enter the same password you set? Enter Password : therootpassword Chien-Lung Wu wrote: hi,experts: I installed mysql (3.23.49, server client) at my NT4.0 machine. As I unziped and set up mysql, everything seemed

Re: Recent crash with 3.23.56

2003-03-17 Thread gerald_clark
Linux systems normally run with file locking off. With NFS shares, this can allow the server to read the index file as it is being updated. This can cause the crash make sure you don't use --skip-locking. root wrote: Description: I installed the most recent rpm for RedHat Linux 7.2. After

Re: Null values set in tables

2003-03-14 Thread gerald_clark
to post to the list At 11:17 AM 03/12/2003 -0600, gerald_clark wrote: You have to show us. Steve Holt wrote: I am sure I am missing something very simple but I cant see it I am using MS Access 97 as a front end to MYSQL I have a table with the following desc CREATE TABLE `tblcoursesoffered

Re: Two mysql servers on the same database directory

2003-03-14 Thread gerald_clark
Vlad Shalnev wrote: Hi, All Can two mysql servers work on the same database directory ? It it possible in read only mode or in read and write mode ? With best regards Yes, if you don't disable file locking. Why would you do this though? Each server will have to lock the files, blocking

Re: cannot connect to MySQL

2003-03-14 Thread gerald_clark
Please read the warning. It attempting a LOCAL connection. Please enter the host ( server) you wish to connect to. Jon Miller wrote: I'm having a problem connecting to MySQL database using phpMyAdmin from a remote location. I've had a look at the manual but I'm not too clear on what has to be

Re: Syntax to create admin user for a database

2003-03-14 Thread gerald_clark
You are mixing table and global grants together here. Use separate grant commands. I am too lazy to look it up right now, but FILE is global. I am not sure about CREATE and DROP. Aso, I believe that should be 'id'@'127.0.0.1' not localhost. localhost always connects to the pipe. SSH connects to

Re: Looking for a bona fide distributed database that is open source

2003-03-14 Thread gerald_clark
No, it is not distributed. Bruce Feist wrote: Gelu Gogancea wrote: To anyone that *didn't see the forest because of the trees*. You already find it. Is MySQL really distributed, or just client-server? I've seen no indication of distributed capabilities; I'm new to MySQL, so maybe I just

Re: forcing mysql client to use TCP socket?

2003-03-14 Thread gerald_clark
mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u user -p --port=2000 Murad Nayal wrote: Hello, how can I force mysql interactive client (actually the client library as well) to use a TCP port on the local host if I do: mysql -h localhost -u user -p --port=2000 I get: ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server

Re: startup and install issues

2003-03-13 Thread gerald_clark
You moved the prototype startup script, not the output script created by 'make'. You need to check the error log to see what the problem is. Defryn, Guy wrote: I have installed 4.0.9 from source. After compiling it I want to start it with /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql and

Re: Null values set in tables

2003-03-12 Thread gerald_clark
You have to show us. Steve Holt wrote: I am sure I am missing something very simple but I cant see it I am using MS Access 97 as a front end to MYSQL I have a table with the following desc CREATE TABLE `tblcoursesoffered` ( `DateCourseCreated` datetime default NULL, `Specialty` int(25) NOT

Re: SELECT not doing what is expected...

2003-03-11 Thread gerald_clark
It doesn't explain the problem at all, since you didn't say what the problem was.. I would have expected an error message because: You can't join USING (player) because 'Players' has no 'player', and if it did, the WHERE clause would be redundant. The WHERE clause also references the

Re: Master (pc) Slave (laptop) Replication

2003-03-11 Thread gerald_clark
It is automatic. Next time you connect your laptop to the network, and start mysqld on your laptop, it will catch up to the master provided the bin logs are still on the master. Daniel Negron/KBE wrote: I have set up replication and have it working properly for the most part. If I update the

Re: SQL Statement Problems (NOT IN)

2003-03-11 Thread gerald_clark
Phil Dowson wrote: Literally in MSSQL server you would have (but I cant use subselects) SELECT t1id FROM t1 WHERE t1id NOT IN (SELECT t2id FROM t2 WHERE t2gid = 192) SELECT t1id FROM t1 left join t2 ON t1.t1id =t2. t2id AND t2.t2gid = 192 WHERE t2.t2id IS NULL

Re: HAVING behaviour

2003-03-07 Thread gerald_clark
This is correct. WHERE clause returns (1,1) HAVING eliminates all records not HAVING f2=3. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Description: HAVING in SELECT is evaluated before WHERE. This is not the correct behaviour as HAVING should deal with the remainder of the WHERE selection (according to

Re: HAVING behaviour

2003-03-07 Thread gerald_clark
Your whole query is malformed. You have an aggregate function in the having. try: select f1,max(f2) from tt where f1=1 group by f1; Gabriel Tataranu wrote: Hi, this is NOT correct behavior. Where clause returns (1,1) and (1,2). The HAVING clause should be applied to what WHERE has

Re: ERROR 1045: Access denied for user:

2003-03-07 Thread gerald_clark
You grant IP address does not match the IP address of the client failing the connection. Steve Pirk wrote: That was a great suggestion (getting rid of the blank user), but alas, it did not work. Here are the three examples: (first one fail because the blank user was removed) [EMAIL

Re: Feature request: using CURRENT_DATE as DEFAULT value

2003-03-06 Thread gerald_clark
Perhaps TIMESTAMP will provide what you need. Daevid Vincent wrote: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/CREATE_TABLE.html states Default values must be constants. This means, for example, that you cannot set the default for a date column to be the value of a function such as NOW() or CURRENT_DATE. Is

Re: No Reply from your side!! Waiting for your reply!!!

2003-03-06 Thread gerald_clark
Make sure you have an index on billingstatus. Murugavel wrote: Dear Mr. Venu Tech Group, We are facing few problem in mysql database. Take an eg. we have table called bb_usersession0 user A is trying to delete a record which is having the billingstatus B . User A delete from

Re: Can't start the mysql service on Solaris 8 ?

2003-03-06 Thread gerald_clark
The user under which the mysql server runs must be the owner of these files. Kevin Chan wrote: Dear all, I was downloaded the mysql-3.23.53-sol8-sparc-local.gz from www.sunfreeware.com . But I don't know why I got the following error when I start the mysql service : 030306 16:10:14 mysqld

Re: How to tell when mysql has frozen

2003-03-05 Thread gerald_clark
Is your temp directory running out of disk space? Seth Brundle wrote: I attempted to optimize a table last night, which usually takes about 5 minutes but I expected to take longer as I had done a slew of deletes. Well, it took over an hour, and from the last modified dates on the table and temp

Re: Table Design

2003-03-05 Thread gerald_clark
Band members should probably be in a separate table. One person may be a member of several bands, and the membership in a band changes over time. This will make modeling difficult. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I`m doing a database in MySQL to catalog cds, and i`m not sure if my table

Re: Connector J (3.1.0) - invalid return upon select last_insert_id()

2003-02-28 Thread gerald_clark
You don't select last_insert_id() from table. This will return the last_insert_id() for each row of the table. You just select last_insert_id(). Tea Yu wrote: Hi! I just tried Windows ME + MySQL Server - 4.0.9/4.0.11 + ConnectorJ - 3.0.4/3.0.6/3.1.0 with an InnoDB table test (id

Re: replication on single server

2003-02-28 Thread gerald_clark
Databases are neither slave nor master, servers are. A master may have many slaves, but a slave may have only one master. Brandl, Thomas wrote: Hey guys, Simply said, imagine this scenario: A MySQL server with about 10 databases: A and 1 to 9. Database A contains a 'special' table that is

Re: Show record index, limit

2003-02-28 Thread gerald_clark
Juan Carlos wrote: Hello Everybody I using MySQL and I want to show the record id for the SELECT I know you can do SELECT clientCode, clientName limit 20, 3 2030John 2040Charles 2050Mery The limit show from record 21 (record id = 20) because the first start in 0 I want to

Re: Slow query, indexes not used

2003-02-27 Thread gerald_clark
You may not have enough rows to make it worthwhile to use an index. Sebastian Bergmann wrote: For this query mysql EXPLAIN - SELECT COUNT(accesslog.document_id) AS item_count, - data_table.stringAS item - -FROM pot_accesslog accesslog,

Re: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-26 Thread gerald_clark
If the databases are owned by mysql.mysql, how can this happen? You don't allow users to become the mysql user, do you? Dyego Souza do Carmo wrote: I'm using MySQL-Pro+InnoDB 4.0.11 and i have a BIG problem... My users is hacking the database because the MySQL system tables are stored in .MYD

Re: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-26 Thread gerald_clark
I your customers have root access to their machine, then there is no security, nor can there be. Dyego Souza do Carmo wrote: MM You should use the filesystem security your operating system provides to MM prevent common users from copying the database files. The directory that MM the database

Re: Question mark becomes NULL

2003-02-24 Thread gerald_clark
And you still have not shown us how you are entering the question marks. Daneman wrote: At 10:06 24-2-03 -0500, Keith C. Ivey wrote: On 24 Feb 2003, at 13:42, Daneman wrote: I use a perl script DBI to insert records into a mySQL database. This database holds 1 text-column. Now when this

Re: getting NULL in auto_increment column

2003-02-24 Thread gerald_clark
Danny wrote: Can you update an auto_increment with NULL in MySQL? Obviously if you try and put a NULL in directly it will increment to the next integer. Is there some way to actually get a NULL in there instead of the integer? No. Why would you want to?

Re: Question mark becomes NULL

2003-02-24 Thread gerald_clark
are entering the string now() where you probably want the value for the function now(). Leave off the quotes. Daneman wrote: At 14:25 24-2-03 -0600, gerald_clark wrote: And you still have not shown us how you are entering the question marks. Like this: $sql = qq{ INSERT INTO main (id, categorie

Re: Bad field type translation

2003-02-21 Thread gerald_clark
Since you are comparing a string to a number, it probably can not use the index. Perhaps you should be more careful with your queries. Gatica, Mario Alberto wrote: I found the following error with mysql server version 3.23.52. mysql select snb,id_servicio from Abonados_Servicios where

Re: issues with mysql

2003-02-21 Thread gerald_clark
Stéphane Pinel wrote: I've installed 3.23.53 on a MacOS X box. verything seems to be OK except: when I use mysql like this : /usr/local/bin/mysql test ..no problem. but if I want to use any option like : /usr/local/bin/mysql test -u This is not valid usage. /usr/local/bin/mysql -u

Re: decimal type

2003-02-21 Thread gerald_clark
Show us. We have no idea how you defined your tables, loaded your data, or structured your query. Bryan Koschmann - GKT wrote: Hello, I'm creating a table where one column will be prices. How is this type supposed to work? I tried it, loaded the data, and it cuts it off at the decimal when I

Re: decimal type

2003-02-21 Thread gerald_clark
understand it. Thanks, Bryan On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, gerald_clark wrote: |Show us. |We have no idea how you defined your tables, |loaded your data, or structured your query. | |Bryan Koschmann - GKT wrote: | - Before posting

Re: updating many-to-many relationships?

2003-02-20 Thread gerald_clark
I don't have a mailing list, and I don't appreciate your email. You subscribed to the mysql mailing list, or you would not be getting it. The instructions to unsubscribe are at the bottom of every message. Kip McGee wrote: will you please take me off of your mailing list if you dont im gonna

Re: updating many-to-many relationships?

2003-02-19 Thread gerald_clark
Looks to my like skuagent should be using the varchar fields instead of the int fields. Then you could just insert ignore each line from your test file. Paul Chvostek wrote: Hi all. I need some help figuring out how to update a many-to-many relationship from a text file. For the fun of it,

Re: Creating Tab Delimited Textfile to Load Data Into MySQL Table

2003-02-18 Thread gerald_clark
Stephen Tiano wrote: I'm just starting out, doing tutorials and exercises up the wazoo, trying to learn MySQL and PHP. I've created a table in a test database. When I do a DESCRIBE [table_name], the columns come up just as they should. Populating them with data's another story. I've

Re: Limits and order bys

2003-02-18 Thread gerald_clark
Sort them yourself after retrieving them. Rob wrote: I have a question regarding the use of LIMIT with ORDER BY. My problem is as follows: I want my users to be able to pageanate through result sets, so I've written some code that will display the results of a query 15 rows at a time in a

Re: create temp table

2003-02-11 Thread gerald_clark
create newtable select from oldtable where 1=0; Admin wrote: In MySQL is it possible to create a temporary table without having to specify all the properties? On SQL Server (at least via query analyzer) you can create temp tables fairly easily and the properties of each field are inherited

Re: socket error

2003-02-11 Thread gerald_clark
chown -R mysql.mysql/var/lib/mysql Substitute the actual location where mysql stores its data files. J. A. Tovey wrote: ok :) all killed now, (not quite there yet though :)) I am now getting the error: 030211 16:26:51 mysqld started 030211 16:26:51 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Can't

Re: insert after delete is not atomic

2003-02-07 Thread gerald_clark
There are three kinds of people in this world; those who can count, and those who can't. Ray wrote: You are inserting 6 values into 7 fields, so it fails. looks like a 6 field table to me create table if not exists MSFT (date DATE not null, close DECIMAL(10,2), high DECIMAL(10,2), low

Re: 1 column - 2 column join optimisation

2003-02-07 Thread gerald_clark
Am I blind, or are those two queries the same? James Pharaoh wrote: Hi, I'm trying to optimize the following query: SELECT * FROM user LEFT JOIN history ON user.userid = history.touserid OR user.userid = history.fromuserid WHERE user.state = 'ready' GROUP BY user.userid This causes a full

Re: insert after delete is not atomic

2003-02-06 Thread gerald_clark
You are inserting 6 values into 7 fields, so it fails. You don't see the failure because you are doing an insert ignore. You are also inserting numbers with 4 digits right of the decimal, where you have specified 2. Mudit Wahal wrote: Description: I have a delete statement and an insert

Re: Bug or am I missing something ?

2003-02-04 Thread gerald_clark
You have some unnecessary indicies. What happens if you remove them? Ciprian Trofin wrote: I am using MySQL 3.23.47-nt on Windows 2000 Pro SP3; I have the following DB's: # Host : localhost # Database : test CREATE DATABASE test; USE test; # Structure for table users : CREATE TABLE

Re: creating update files

2003-02-01 Thread gerald_clark
I use version 2. Christian Andersson wrote: Hi there, I have a little question for you in the mysql community.. I was wondering how persons in this community handles changes to the database when your application that uses the database needs some new tables, columns, etc... Do you have an

Re: TIMESTAMP field is updated unintentionally

2003-02-01 Thread gerald_clark
Since that is exactly how the manual describes it, it must be a feature. If you have more than one timestamp, they will all get set on an insert, but only the first will be changed on an update. Marco Deppe wrote: Hi, I was already questioning my sanity, but the problem below is reproduceable:

Re: [ mysqlimport ]

2003-01-31 Thread gerald_clark
You don't. you use the file as input to the mysql client. mysql file.sql Elby Vaz wrote: I created a file.sql with mysqldump. mysqldump my_db my_table file.sql What I do to get this file with the mysqlimport? mysqlimport ?? Thanks, e.

Re: binary log not recording 4.0.9

2003-01-31 Thread gerald_clark
If your application is opening one database, and then updating medic.sometable, the update will not be recorded in the bin file. sam wrote: I am trying to use replication with 4.0.9. Changes to the datbase are not being recorded in the bin file on the master for a DB called Medic when

Re: Help with SELECT, JOIN and WHERE query

2003-01-28 Thread gerald_clark
WHERE team_member.user_id IS NULL William R. Mussatto wrote: Hi, I got a difficult problem with a SELECT query: In my application there are two tables, one for all users (user_profile) one for a user-in-team relation. I want to know, which user is still not in a speciffic team. Users can

Re: ADD INDEX hangs

2003-01-27 Thread gerald_clark
Have you run out of free disk space? Henning Schulzrinne wrote: Description: ADD INDEX for a modest-sized table hangs. The temporary table gets created, but then the process forever hangs on lwp_cond_wait(0xFF345548, 0xFF345558, 0xFF33EDB0) Err#62 ETIME according to truss. There are no

Re: Is it normal?

2003-01-24 Thread gerald_clark
Any calculation involving a floating point number will be imprecise. It does not mater what column types are involved. Octavian Rasnita wrote: And does anyone know what column type I should use if I want a precise calculation? I've even tried with text and blob, but they are not working

Re: Need help installing mysql - Thanks a lot

2003-01-22 Thread gerald_clark
What does mysqld.log say? Manuel Velasco wrote: I'm getting the following messages after running safe_mysqld (as root): leo:/usr/bin # ./safe_mysqld [1] 4798 leo:/usr/bin # Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 030121 19:38:15 mysqld ended [1]+ Done

Re: Problems: Configuring from source.

2003-01-22 Thread gerald_clark
You need gnu tar. Froin Laven wrote: Solaris 8 (sparc) gcc 3.2 Configuring from source version mysql-3.23.54a 2 problems: 1. I get a checksum error when untar'ing the tgz file found on any of the download servers. 2. config.status: error: cannot find input file: readline/Makefile.in The

Re: Socket error - help from gurus

2003-01-22 Thread gerald_clark
Pedro Leite wrote: Hi, I'm new to MySql and to this list. I'm confused and lost. I installed MySQL in a Mandrake box and with no problem at all, just followed the installation procedures. Then I created a database, tables etc. All just fine. Then I connected the database with a Domino

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