Okay, after reading the MySQL manual I figured out how to get what I want. Can anyone advise me where to send such newbie questions in the future so that I would get a response? I realize my question was a SQL database question and not a MySQL-specific database question, but I figured the audience would be the same plus I saw some other posts regarding how to construct tables and queries.
> Can SQL statements evaluate expressions? I want to store thousands of > equations, and return a subset when I plug in a value. > > For instance, if I stored the following two equations: > x = y + 5; > x = 100 / y; > > I might want to query for all records whose x is less than 10 when y is > equal to 3. I'd expect back the record associated with x = y + 5; > > My motivation is to reduce storage and calculations for a spatial > program with moving objects. > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]