Hoe to create indexes on existing tables

2002-01-24 Thread Princy . Thomas
Hi, I'm a bit to Mysql. We are trying to use mysql as a backend for our Visual Basic application. I had a set of tables which I exported from Access database. But now, I want to index these tables. How do I go about that? Also, any suggestions of how cursors work with mysql would be of great

Re: Hoe to create indexes on existing tables

2002-01-24 Thread Marcus Müller
I had a set of tables which I exported from Access database. But now, I want to index these tables. How do I go about that? http://www.mysql.com/doc/A/L/ALTER_TABLE.html mysql ALTER TABLE your_table ADD KEY(your_column); Hope that helps Marcus

Re: Hoe to create indexes on existing tables

2002-01-24 Thread webmaster
|Hi, | |I'm a bit to Mysql. We are trying to use mysql as a backend for our Visual |Basic application. | |I had a set of tables which I exported from Access database. |But now, I want to index these tables. How do I go about that? | Hi! the simplest solution is to get a GUI client for

Re: Hoe to create indexes on existing tables

2002-01-24 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
Princy, Thursday, January 24, 2002, 3:23:24 PM, you wrote: PT Hi ! PT I did try using the mysql client gui but you cant create indexes thru that. PT Also, since I've exported from access, the datatype all seem to be PT MEDIUMTEXT. PT So, when I try the create index syntax, PT ie, CREATE