List of aggregate functions? (aggregate "concat"?)

2001-09-06 Thread xris
I was just browsing through the searchable online MySQL manual, trying to find a list of the aggregate functions (as I don't trust the list in the O'Reilly book, considering the number of typos and missing information in other sections), and couldn't find anything.. Is there a list in the manual?

Escaping * character in a RLIKE? How? Help?

2001-07-14 Thread xris
I have a very simple query that used to work and then recently stopped. It goes something like: SELECT name FROM Items WHERE category RLIKE '^\* new cat \*'; Now, I'm pretty familiar with how regex works, and I was pretty sure that when I put a \ in front of the * it would interpret it as a * i

Re: $sth->{mysql_insertid} not working in 3.23.38?

2001-06-23 Thread xris
> Two things you might want to try... first download and install the newest > Msql-Mysql DBD drivers.. check what the documentation says in there.. and > second, keep changing what variable you are trying to access and maybe you > will find one works that isnt documented. My problem with this is

Re: $sth->{mysql_insertid} not working in 3.23.38?

2001-06-22 Thread xris
> Woops sorry about that last message. > Try using the following: > my $id = $sth->{insertid}; > That is what I had to change it to, to get it working.. despite what the > documentation says. Actually, I can't use that. The script dies, it's not like it just warns me that it doesn't work, but it

$sth->{mysql_insertid} not working in 3.23.38?

2001-06-22 Thread xris
My ISP recently updated one of their servers to 3.23.38, and all of a sudden a BUNCH of my code stopped working. I use a number of insert queries (new items, new search caches, etc), where I insert a blank record, and then take notes of its id (usually "int unsigned auto_increment primary key"),

Re: ORDER weirdness... (help?)

2001-05-31 Thread xris
> SELECT RTRIM(CONCAT(parents, ' ')) AS parents, name FROM Categories ORDER BY > parents, name; > > Note: > > SELECT RTRIM(parents) AS parents, name FROM Categories ORDER BY parents, > name; > > works SOMETIMES, but not in every case. Ammending this, as I did a little more testing.. U