Re: Beginner question

2012-01-02 Thread Biz-comm
Perfect. Thanks so much. On Jan 2, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Mike OK wrote: > Hi Patrice > > I would try some brackets. > > Something like this should work > > SELECT * FROM listings WHERE listing_state = 'DC' AND listings.listing_show > ='y' AND ( listings.cat1 = 23 OR listings.cat2 = 23 OR listi

Re: Beginner question

2012-01-02 Thread Mike OK
Hi Patrice I would try some brackets. Something like this should work SELECT * FROM listings WHERE listing_state = 'DC' AND listings.listing_show ='y' AND ( listings.cat1 = 23 OR listings.cat2 = 23 OR listings.cat3 = 23 ) Mike - Original Message - From: "Biz-comm" To: Sent:

Re: Beginner question

2012-01-02 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 02.01.2012 16:33, schrieb Biz-comm: > Thanks for any assistance. > > Web page that needs a sort of all records with a specific state, set to > "show", and if it exists in one of 4 categories. > > > Using this: > > SELECT * > FROM listings > WHERE listing_state = 'DC' > AND listings.lis

Re: Beginner question

2011-10-11 Thread Biz-comm
Thanks for the pointer. Digging out reference books to learn how to do a join. :-) On Oct 11, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Johan De Meersman wrote: > Which probably means not so much to someone who doesn't even know what a join > is :-) > > Have a look at http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_join.asp . R

Re: Beginner question

2011-10-11 Thread Johan De Meersman
- Original Message - > From: "Andrew Moore" > > Be mindful that your query is using 2 tables and 'SELECT *'. Which probably means not so much to someone who doesn't even know what a join is :-) Have a look at http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_join.asp . -- Bier met grenadyn Is als

Re: Beginner question

2011-10-11 Thread Andrew Moore
Hey, welcome to the lists, Be mindful that your query is using 2 tables and 'SELECT *'. On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Biz-comm wrote: > I am trying to write a query for a web page that shows a list of users in a > particular group. > > There are 3 tables: > pm1_users that uses UserID > pm1

Re: Beginner question - Preventing Duplicate Entries

2003-03-27 Thread Brian McCain
You could make the column a unique key...that would prevent duplicates from being entered. Then if you want to be able to try inserting duplicates (like if you don't want the query to fail on duplicate attempts), you could do INSERT IGNORE INTO myTable ... Check http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/CREATE_

RE: Beginner question - Preventing Duplicate Entries

2003-03-26 Thread Wynne Crisman
Add a UNIQUE INDEX to the table you are inserting to. You will then get an error if you try to insert a second time with the same values. Alternativly you could use perform a select and then an insert within the same transaction, determining whether something exists in the db before inserting. Th

RE: Beginner question - Preventing Duplicate Entries

2003-03-26 Thread Wynne Crisman
If you wanted to use MyISAM tables and peform an initial select to determine whether you should insert, you could lock the table you would be selecting/insert from. 'LOCK TABLES table_name WRITE' Don't forget to unlock the table when you are done 'UNLOCK TABLES', otherwise you will likely have de

RE: BEGINNER QUESTION.

2003-03-24 Thread Jennifer Goodie
ALTER TABLE table_name DROP col_name http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ALTER_TABLE.html So... mysql> use hitcounter; mysql> ALTER TABLE info DROP count; Assuming info is the table name and count is the column you'd like to drop. -Original Message- From: Wileynet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: BEGINNER QUESTION.

2003-03-24 Thread Brian McCain
You were so close... ALTER info DROP count; -Brian McCain - Original Message - From: "Wileynet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: BEGINNER QUESTION. > I have looked everywhere online, books. > I simply would like to DELETE a FIEL

RE: BEGINNER QUESTION.

2003-03-24 Thread Roger Davis
USE hitcounter; ALTER TABLE info DROP count; Hope this helps Roger -Original Message- From: Wileynet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 8:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: BEGINNER QUESTION. I have looked everywhere online, books. I simply would like to DELETE a F

Re: beginner question: how many queries via PHP are...

2002-02-17 Thread BD
At 08:33 PM 2/16/2002 , you wrote: >Hello > >I am new to the subject. I am experimenting in mysql via PHP with a nice >book (PHP and MySQL >Web development). My question is how many queries to mysql, made via PHP, >should considered >ok for efficiency. I know it has much to do with the size of d

Re: beginner question: how many queries via PHP are...

2002-02-16 Thread Craig Vincent
> I am new to the subject. I am experimenting in mysql via PHP with a nice > book (PHP and MySQL > Web development). My question is how many queries to mysql, made via > PHP, should considered > ok for efficiency. I know it has much to do with the size of databases, > but I would like to get an >

Re: Beginner question

2001-12-02 Thread Kundan Kumar
Assuming that you have a table called 'test' where there are three columns 'a', 'b' and 'c'. Now you have 'a'+'b' as unique but neither only 'a' nor 'b'. To specify that, define a and b both combined as primary key for the table, as in the following statement: CREATE TABLE `test` ( `a` TINYINT

Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread William R. Mussatto
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Carl Troein wrote: > Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 15:41:21 GMT > From: Carl Troein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID > > > Anna Åhnberg writes: > > > Thanks, I actually

Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread alec . cawley
> Anna Åhnberg writes: > > > Thanks, I actually already found the chapters but now I also now how to > > use the function too! > > Let me quote from the manual: > "LAST_INSERT_ID([expr]) > Returns the last automatically generated value that was > inserted into an AUTO_INCREMENT column.

RE: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread Johnson, Gregert
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID Anna Åhnberg writes: > Thanks, I actually already found the

Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread Carl Troein
Anna Åhnberg writes: > Thanks, I actually already found the chapters but now I also now how to > use the function too! Let me quote from the manual: "LAST_INSERT_ID([expr]) Returns the last automatically generated value that was inserted into an AUTO_INCREMENT column. mysql> select L

Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread Kodrik
> The manual has all the necessary information: > http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/R/CREATE_TABLE.html > http://www.mysql.com/doc/e/x/example-AUTO_INCREMENT.html > > The unofficial FAQ has a chapter on AUTO_INCREMENT: > http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq/faq.html#ch6_0_0 > > What you're looking for is prob

Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread Carl Troein
Anna Åhnberg writes: > When I do an insert in one of these tables the primary key column gets a > new ID. How do I get this ID? I guess I cannot use "SELECT MAX(id) > FROM Table" since old, deleted id's are reused for new rows. > > Please, help me! I shall help you help yourself, for from

Re: Beginner Question

2001-10-29 Thread Joel Ricker
- Original Message - From: "jim barchuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > With luck you got the book at a reputable dealer who'll allow you to > exchange it for Paul Dubois _MySQL_ New Riders ISBN0-7357-0921-1. Please > spend a few extra $ and save yourself many many hours of confusion and > frustra

Re: beginner question

2001-06-09 Thread Paul DuBois
At 1:05 AM -0500 6/9/01, Marshall Bohlin wrote: >I'm a new user, working through the tutorial provided in the MySQL >documentation (chapter 9). I'm trying to load the data from the >pet.txt file into the pet table using the specified command: mysql> >load data local infile "pet.txt" into table

Re: beginner question

2001-06-09 Thread Olexandr Vynnychenko
Hello Marshall, Saturday, June 09, 2001, 9:05:18 AM, you wrote: MB> I'm a new user, working through the tutorial provided in the MySQL documentation (chapter 9). I'm trying to load the data from the pet.txt file into the pet table using the specified command: MB> mysql> load data local infile

Re: beginner question

2001-06-08 Thread Chester McLaughlin
Not sure what the "load data local infile" thing is, but I always load text files from the command line like this (on Red Hat linux): % mysql -u some_guy -p some_db < /full/path/to/file.txt >I'm a new user, working through the tutorial provided in the MySQL >documentation (chapter 9). I'm tryi