RE: Idea about extending Limit/mysql query

2001-11-14 Thread Roger Baklund
I wrote: > # create test tables > create table msg_main (mid int not null,name char(16),primary key(mid)); > create table msg_lang (mid int not null,lang char(2) not null,message > text,primary key(mid,lang)); mid is a bad choice for column names, because it is a function... it is however not an

RE: Idea about extending Limit/mysql query

2001-11-14 Thread Roger Baklund
* DL Neil [About Christian's problem with joining language specific info.] > MIN( FIELD( language, 'no', 'en', 'fr', 'sv' ) ) > Hi, I have a similar problem, and have found a workaround that may be useful for you, Christian. Use an extra left join to find the records you don't want... # cr

Fw: Idea about extending Limit/mysql query

2001-11-14 Thread DL Neil
Robot rubbish: MIN, FIELD, MySQL, SQL > Christian, > > ... > > > Another way to solve my problem would be if there was some sort of > > > FIRST_IN_SET functionallity that I could use on the where clause > > > select * from articles where language = FIRST_IN_SET('en,sv,no') > > =I "languag

Re: Idea about extending Limit/mysql query

2001-11-14 Thread Sinisa Milivojevic
Christian Andersson writes: > I'm not sure if this is a good idea or bad, but I have one idea about the > Limit funtionallity > > (which incidently might solve my order by, group by problem :-) > > I KNOW that it is NOT possible to do this now, so no RTFM :-) this is just > an idea.. > > LIMIT

Idea about extending Limit/mysql query

2001-11-13 Thread Christian Andersson
I'm not sure if this is a good idea or bad, but I have one idea about the Limit funtionallity (which incidently might solve my order by, group by problem :-) I KNOW that it is NOT possible to do this now, so no RTFM :-) this is just an idea.. LIMIT is as I understand it something that is mysql