Re: MySQL and validation rule

2004-10-11 Thread SGreen
You are correct. That is an application-side rule that you will need to enforce using your application code. MySQL could possibly do this check but the overhead involved would be severe and your application's performance would suffer. Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spr

Re: MySQL and validation rule

2004-10-11 Thread Philippe Poelvoorde
Jonathan Jesse wrote: As mentioned previously I am a MySQL newbie. I have read most of the Paul DuBois book and portions I have found relevant of the manual to help me out, however I have not found an answer to this question, maybe it is not even needed. I have used MS Access a lot and one of the

MySQL and validation rule

2004-10-10 Thread Jonathan Jesse
As mentioned previously I am a MySQL newbie. I have read most of the Paul DuBois book and portions I have found relevant of the manual to help me out, however I have not found an answer to this question, maybe it is not even needed. I have used MS Access a lot and one of the ways I use it is to t