left/right join concept

2008-03-01 Thread Thufir
I'm trying to understand the terminology a bit. A left or right join can only exist for an outer join. For an inner join, the terminology would be out of context because inner joins are symmetrical (whereas outer joins are asymmetrical). Would this be a correct understanding? Anything to add

Re: left/right join concept

2008-03-01 Thread Brent Baisley
That sounds like the technical answer. I prefer an analogy a 5th grader could understand. If you have 2 overlapping circles, and inner join is the area that overlaps. A left/outer join is the all of the left circle plus the content of the right circle that overlaps. A right/outer join is

Re: left/right join concept

2008-03-01 Thread Rob Wultsch
Somewhat tangential, but for whatever it is worth I agree with the view expressed at http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2008/02/13/on-right-outer-joins.aspx: Right joins should be avoided (IMHO). Anything to add or correct, please? -- Rob Wultsch -- MySQL General Mailing List For

DOES MYSQL HAS CONCEPT OF SYNONYM

2004-02-02 Thread Ansari, Raza \(GEI, GEFA\)
Does anyone know if MySQL has the concept of Synonyms, as Oracle does? Raza -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DOES MYSQL HAS CONCEPT OF SYNONYM

2004-02-02 Thread Sid Lane
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Re: about replication concept

2003-07-04 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
MaFai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would also like to know the impact when:- - the master db fail - a lot of insert/update transactions in the master, would it replicate immediately to the 2nd database If the mater db fail, how can be many inserts/updates? - when the secondary db fail, the

about replication concept

2003-07-03 Thread MaFai
Hello, mysql, I would also like to know the impact when:- - the master db fail - a lot of insert/update transactions in the master, would it replicate immediately to the 2nd database - when the secondary db fail, the master cannot send the data to the 2nd, would the data queue up ? - Any chance

Re: Foreign Key Concept

2003-06-24 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-24 16:48:24 +0800: After I create this table,and add foreign key tno to this table. If I delete tno in p_program_type table,it would alarm that some data still in p_schedule. How can I define the p_schedule or p_program_type table to make sure that while delete

Re: Foreign Key Concept

2003-06-24 Thread Egor Egorov
MaFai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After I create this table,and add foreign key tno to this table. If I delete tno in p_program_type table,it would alarm that some data still in p_schedule. How can I define the p_schedule or p_program_type table to make sure that while delete the tno in

follow up to file per field concept

2003-02-09 Thread Heitzso
context ... I had proposed writing a new backend for mysql tailored to read only very large and very wide (lots of columns) tables (14G + ) in which queries never involved more than a small percentage of the available columns (i.e. 5%) and often lacked WHERE clauses. A couple years ago I argued

Concept

2002-07-16 Thread Alexander Burbello
I would like to know if MySQL has the same concept like Oracle has about Instance? or phisical structure like datafiles, control files, etc. ___ Yahoo! Encontros O lugar certo para encontrar a sua alma gêmea. http

Concept

2002-07-16 Thread Alexander Burbello
I would like to know if MySQL has the same concept like Oracle has about Instance? or phisical structure like datafiles, control files, etc. Regards Alexander sql, query ___ Yahoo! Encontros O lugar certo para

Re: Concept

2002-07-16 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 08:59:12PM -0300, Alexander Burbello wrote: I would like to know if MySQL has the same concept like Oracle has about Instance? or phisical structure like datafiles, control files, etc. If you explain the concepts, we can probably help answer your questions. Jeremy

Re: Concept

2002-07-16 Thread Iikka Meriläinen
Hi, If you mean the concept (in Oracle) where an instance is effectively one database, the architectures differ a whole lot. Whereas Oracle, as I said, creates an instance for each database it's running, MySQL can handle several databases within one server process instance. The concept of data

RE: MySQL concept question

2002-04-12 Thread Thi Cao
Can I hide the auto_increment field? -Original Message- From: Gregory Junker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:23 PM To: MySQL Subject: RE: MySQL concept question if you are interested in selecting records in the order in which they were inserted, apply

Re: MySQL concept question

2002-04-12 Thread Christopher Thompson
- From: Gregory Junker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:23 PM To: MySQL Subject: RE: MySQL concept question if you are interested in selecting records in the order in which they were inserted, apply an auto-increment/identity field to your table schema and when

Re: MySQL concept question

2002-04-11 Thread Christopher Thompson
On Thursday 11 April 2002 4:09 pm, Thi Cao wrote: All, When I insert records into a database, the records will be inserted in the order that I have them listed in my insert statement. So my question is, will the MySQL database always return the records in the order of insertion when I

RE: MySQL concept question

2002-04-11 Thread Gregory Junker
. -Original Message- From: Thi Cao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:09 PM To: MySQL Subject: MySQL concept question All, When I insert records into a database, the records will be inserted in the order that I have them listed in my insert statement. So my

Re: Can I use the concept of Effective Date with MySQL?

2001-11-02 Thread Rich Duzenbury
I've got the same issue that you do. Here is my thinking thus far: Say I have a transaction table: Record_Key Service_Date Item_Code Item_Quantity I'm considering this structure for the rate table: Item_Code Effective_Date Rate It's practical from a data entry perspective, but I can't seem to

Can I use the concept of Effective Date with MySQL?

2001-11-01 Thread Alejandro Zuzenberg
I need to select the appropriate price for a product in a table, and the product has a compund key with 2 fields: product number and date. For every transaction with a certain product, I need to retrieve the price that was 'current' at the specific time when that transaction took place. In

RE: Can I use the concept of Effective Date with MySQL?

2001-11-01 Thread Rick Emery
SELECT price FROM mytable WHERE price = theprice DESC LIMIT 1; -Original Message- From: Alejandro Zuzenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 7:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Can I use the concept of Effective Date with MySQL? I need to select

RE: Can I use the concept of Effective Date with MySQL?

2001-11-01 Thread William R. Mussatto
2001, Rick Emery wrote: Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 17:20:00 -0600 From: Rick Emery [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Alejandro Zuzenberg' [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Can I use the concept of Effective Date with MySQL? SELECT price FROM mytable WHERE price = theprice DESC LIMIT 1

concept of users connecting from different host

2001-07-20 Thread shane
hi, i don't understand what does connecting from different host mean? 1. does it mean connecting from a different pc to the pc hosting the mysql server through telnet? 2. connecting from the same pc hosting the mysql server and specifying the host when connecting? 3.

Re: concept of users connecting from different host

2001-07-20 Thread Werner Stuerenburg
i don't understand what does connecting from different host mean? Where do you have this problem? 1. does it mean connecting from a different pc to the pc hosting the mysql server through telnet? Why would you like to do that? looks like a masochistic approach to me, under