Re: [PHP-DB] Removing slashes from the database

2015-06-04 Thread Ron Piggott
On 03/06/15 09:37, Aziz Saleh wrote: On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Ron Piggott <mailto:ron.pigg...@actsministries.org>> wrote: On 02/06/15 23:20, Aziz Saleh wrote: On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Ron Piggott mailto:ron.pigg...@actsministries.org>> wrote:

Re: [PHP-DB] Removing slashes from the database

2015-06-02 Thread Ron Piggott
On 02/06/15 23:20, Aziz Saleh wrote: On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Ron Piggott <mailto:ron.pigg...@actsministries.org>> wrote: On 02/06/15 22:58, Aziz Saleh wrote: On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:50 PM, Ron Piggott mailto:ron.pigg...@actsministries.org>> wrote:

Re: [PHP-DB] Removing slashes from the database

2015-06-02 Thread Ron Piggott
On 02/06/15 22:58, Aziz Saleh wrote: On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:50 PM, Ron Piggott <mailto:ron.pigg...@actsministries.org>> wrote: I am working through the process of removing \'s from the database. I am trying to get this query using a variable starting with &quo

[PHP-DB] Removing slashes from the database

2015-06-02 Thread Ron Piggott
I am working through the process of removing \'s from the database. I am trying to get this query using a variable starting with "<<<" $query1 =<<|#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near

Re: [PHP-DB] MariaDB Database / Table Structure

2014-11-04 Thread Ron Piggott
This is extremely helpful. Thank you very much. SELECT * FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA="'.$val.'" * where $val is a database On Wednesday November 5 2014 2:14 AM, Roberto Spadim wrote: with mariadb/mysql: 2014-11-05 4:20 GMT-02:00 Ron Pigg

[PHP-DB] MariaDB Database / Table Structure

2014-11-04 Thread Ron Piggott
Hi Everyone. I am wondering if there are database queries that would a: produce the result of all the tables with a database * b: produce the result of all the columns with the specified database table * * I don't want any other details than these names. I am trying to build a WHILE loop that

Re: [PHP-DB] Calculating Past Dates In A Different Time Zone

2013-11-10 Thread Ron Piggott
A suggestion I was given is to use the mySQL "CONVERT_TZ" command with the PHP time zone names. But when I do: SELECT CONVERT_TZ( `journal_entry`.`occurance_date` , 'GMT', 'America/Bahia' ) FROM `journal_entry` I am receiving "NULL" as the resulting date. Does mySQL accept PHP time zone

[PHP-DB] Calculating Past Dates In A Different Time Zone

2013-11-10 Thread Ron Piggott
months I hope this paints a clear picture of what I am working on. If you need clarification please ask me. Thank you for helping me. Ron Ron Piggott www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

[PHP-DB] Saving Image in mySQL

2013-03-19 Thread Ron Piggott
die(print_r($stmt->errorInfo(), true)) ) { # retrieve auto_increment value $new_record_reference = $dbh->lastInsertId(); } } === Ron Piggott www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

[PHP-DB] Processing Account Login

2013-02-06 Thread Ron Piggott
high quality and not hap hazard. Thank you for any help you are able to provide me with. Ron Piggott www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

[PHP-DB] Quotation marks in HTML form values

2012-06-14 Thread Ron Piggott
the “description” field Ron Piggott www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

[PHP-DB] Multiple Database Connection Using Prepard Statements

2012-05-19 Thread Ron Piggott
Comments? Ron Piggott www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

Re: [PHP-DB] Subscription Suspensions

2012-01-31 Thread Ron Piggott
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Ron Piggott wrote: Hi Everyone. I manage an e-mail list. I am trying to add a new function into it: suspensions. The idea is that someone wouldn’t have to unsubscribe. Instead there would be a record of their suspension in the table

[PHP-DB] Subscription Suspensions

2012-01-31 Thread Ron Piggott
ON `member`.`record` = `member_subscription_suspensions`.`member_reference` WHERE CURDATE() BETWEEN `member_subscription_suspensions`.`subscription_begins` AND `member_subscription_suspensions`.`subscription_expires` AND `member_subscriptions`.`list` = 1 How do I change this query to exclude any on

[PHP-DB] Prepared Statements

2011-11-11 Thread Ron Piggott
I have two questions about Prepared Statements from the code below: #1: The purpose of the first $query is to determine if the authorization code supplied is both accurate and also live - When the authorization code is generated it is given a time frame when it must be used in. The columns `st

Re: [PHP-DB] Exporting mySQL to Excel

2011-11-09 Thread Ron Piggott
Excel is interpreting a comma as the start of a new field. This is problematic in fields where a comma legitimately exists in the middle of a field. I am wondering how phpmyadmin makes Excel files "on the fly" --- Is it a class? I am unsure how to proceed. Ron Piggott www.TheV

Re: [PHP-DB] Exporting mySQL to Excel

2011-11-08 Thread Ron Piggott
Trying to setup so within the administration screen the users may download the database. Ron Piggott www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info -Original Message- From: Bastien Koert Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:33 PM To: Ron Piggott Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB

[PHP-DB] Exporting mySQL to Excel

2011-11-08 Thread Ron Piggott
What is the preferred method used to export mySQL to Excel within the context of PHP? I have looked on Google and found a wide variety of options. Ron Ron Piggott www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

[PHP-DB] SELECT

2011-10-17 Thread Ron Piggott
I need help creating a mySQL query that will select the correct introduction message for a website I am making. The way I have designed the table I can’t wrap my mind around the SELECT query that will deal with the day # of the month. The part of the SELECT syntax I am struggling with is wh

[PHP-DB] SELECT syntax

2011-10-12 Thread Ron Piggott
In my Bible_Trivia table I have the columns `trivia_answer_1`, `trivia_answer_2`, `trivia_answer_3`, `trivia_answer_4`, `answer` `answer` is an integer always with a value of 1 to 4. Is there a way to use the value of `answer` to only select the correct trivia answer? This doesn’t work, but t

[PHP-DB] Prepared Statements With Multiple Databases

2011-09-30 Thread Ron Piggott
I need my Prepared Statement database connection to be able to connect with two different databases (which use the same username / password). They are assigned variables $database1 and $database2 What I have been using so far is: $dsh = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname='. $database1; $dbh = new

Re: [PHP-DB] SELECT online store discount %

2011-08-22 Thread Ron Piggott
IT 1 ) , 5, 0 ) ) ) + ( IF( ( SELECT 10 AS discount FROM `subscriber_details` WHERE `email` = '$client_email' LIMIT 1 ), 10, 0 ) ) ) AS discount_percentage The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info From: Amit Tandon Sent: Monday, August 22, 2

[PHP-DB] SELECT online store discount %

2011-08-20 Thread Ron Piggott
I am trying to write a database query that determine the customer loyalty discount for an online store. I am wondering if there is a way of doing this as 1 query, instead of multiple and using PHP to do the math? - I want to offer a 10% discount if the person is a subscriber SELECT 10 AS disc

[PHP-DB] CURDATE()

2011-08-18 Thread Ron Piggott
I am setting up a daily cron job to update the site map on my web site. I want to delete any records that weren’t updated by the cron job each day. The way I can distinguish this is with the timestamp column named “last_record_update” If a record wasn’t updated it is no longer part of the

[PHP-DB] UNION ALL

2011-07-16 Thread Ron Piggott
I am trying to setup a cross reference database query for the first time. What I am trying to do is have a table with the structure: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `frequently_accessed_passages_of_scripture_cross_reference` ( `reference` int(5) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `cross_reference_artic

[PHP-DB] Parsing words

2011-07-13 Thread Ron Piggott
Hi Everyone. Using the following query: SELECT `topic` FROM `frequently_accessed_passages_of_scripture` WHERE `frequently_accessed_passages_of_scripture_theme_reference` = 1 I would like to parse all the words out of the column "topic" that are 4 characters long or more, in alphabetical ord

[PHP-DB] Re: mysql COUNT row results

2011-06-23 Thread Ron Piggott
-Original Message- From: Geoff Lane Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 2:15 AM To: Ron Piggott Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: mysql COUNT row results Hi Ron, On Thursday, June 23, 2011, 6:14:38 AM, you wrote: Is there a way that SELECT COUNT(auto_increment) as

[PHP-DB] mysql COUNT row results

2011-06-22 Thread Ron Piggott
Is there a way that SELECT COUNT(auto_increment) as total_subscribers , `email` FROM `table` may exist within the same query and provide more than 1 row of search results? When I run a query like this the COUNT portion of the result is allowing only 1 to be selected. My desire is to have

[PHP-DB] Re: Help with AVG()

2011-06-14 Thread Ron Piggott
I have continued to work on the average query I need help. I am still needing help. What I don’t understand is why `bible_anagrams_rss_feed`.`rss_feed_date` BETWEEN `bible_anagrams_rss_feed`.`rss_feed_date` AND DATE_SUB( `bible_anagrams_rss_feed`.`rss_feed_date` , INTERVAL -1 WEEK ) won’t

[PHP-DB] Help with AVG()

2011-06-13 Thread Ron Piggott
Hi Everyone I am trying to figure out how to write a SELECT query that will give me the average of `bible_anagrams`.`views` starting on the date specified in `bible_anagrams_rss_feed`.`rss_feed_date` and the previous 6 calendar days (for a total of 7 days). What I am trying to figure out is t

[PHP-DB] mysqldump permissions

2011-06-05 Thread Ron Piggott
I created a VIEW “table” yesterday. Last night when the cron job ran to back up the database I received this error: mysqldump: Couldn't execute 'show create table `bible_anagrams_rss_feed_summary`': SHOW VIEW command denied to user I use the following syntax to do the backup of the databas

[PHP-DB] Prepared Statements Rows Selected

2011-05-23 Thread Ron Piggott
What command will tell me the # of rows the SELECT query retrieved using Prepared Statements. $dsh = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname='.$database; $dbh = new PDO($dsh, $username, $password); $stmt = $dbh->prepare($query); $stmt->bindParam(':email', $email); $stmt->bindParam(':pass', $pass); $stm

[PHP-DB] Re: GROUP BY

2011-05-11 Thread Ron Piggott
I figured out last night’s query and it’s a dozy. The sub query SELECT * FROM `verse_of_the_day_Bible_trivia` WHERE `verse_of_the_day_Bible_trivia`.`live` =1 ORDER BY `verse_of_the_day_Bible_trivia`.`date_added` DESC puts the questions into descending order making the INNER JOIN link wi

[PHP-DB] GROUP BY

2011-05-10 Thread Ron Piggott
Is there a way in the query below that the “LEFT OUTER JOIN” connects with only the most recently added entry in `verse_of_the_day_Bible_trivia` for each category ( `verse_of_the_day_Bible_trivia`.`Bible_trivia_category_reference` ) based on the column `verse_of_the_day_Bible_trivia`.`date_adde

Re: [PHP-DB] COUNT and OUTER JOIN results

2011-05-06 Thread Ron Piggott
thank you for explaining this to me Amit. It works. Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info From: Amit Tandon Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 5:49 AM To: Ron Piggott Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] COUNT and OUTER JOIN results

[PHP-DB] COUNT and OUTER JOIN results

2011-05-06 Thread Ron Piggott
The following query returns all 8 prayer request categories with the total # of requests every submitted to each category: SELECT `prayer_request_category`.`reference` , `prayer_request_category`.`category` , COUNT( `prayer_requests`.`reference` ) AS category_request_count FROM `prayer_reques

[PHP-DB] Re: RE:[PHP-DB] How do I do math with a UNION ALL

2011-04-16 Thread Ron Piggott
Thank you for the suggestion. This is the actual query that I implemented: Amazing how this works. Ron SELECT SUM( `impressions_total` ) AS impressions_total , SUM( `usage_total` ) AS usage_total FROM ( ( SELECT IF ( SUM( `web_advertisements_our_clients_usage`.`

[PHP-DB] How do I do math with a UNION ALL

2011-04-16 Thread Ron Piggott
Hi Everyone. I am trying to do a SUM of the "impressions" and "usage" columns from 2 different tables using a UNION ALL. I have tested that the individual SELECT queries work. I am unsure of the layout for the UNION ALL. Would you help me tweak this query? I also wanted to ask is "usage"

[PHP-DB] ORDER BY relevance DESC query

2011-04-12 Thread Ron Piggott
I am programming the search feature for a directory. I am trying to make the query display the results in order of relevance (Greatest to least). I thought I had to perform the query similar to a column being selected in order to sort the results by "relevance". What changes do I need to make

[PHP-DB] ucwords for mySQL?

2011-03-19 Thread Ron Piggott
I have found mySQL commands for LCASE and UCASE, but nothing equal to the PHP command “ucwords”. Is there a mysql command or will I need to use PHP to manipulate the strings? Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

[PHP-DB] SELECT WHERE length of content question

2011-03-09 Thread Ron Piggott
Is there a command in mySQL that would allow me to SELECT the rows where the `fax` column is more than 11 characters long? OR Do I need to use PHP to assess this? Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

Re: [PHP-DB] UPDATE query

2011-03-08 Thread Ron Piggott
Koert Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:20 AM To: Ron Piggott Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] UPDATE query On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Ron Piggott wrote: I am wondering if there is a way to do an UPDATE query where only some of the text changes. The column I need to modify

Re: [PHP-DB] UPDATE query

2011-03-08 Thread Ron Piggott
I was wondering this Bastien. Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info -Original Message- From: Bastien Koert Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:20 AM To: Ron Piggott Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] UPDATE query On Tue

[PHP-DB] UPDATE query

2011-03-08 Thread Ron Piggott
I am wondering if there is a way to do an UPDATE query where only some of the text changes. The column I need to modify is named “toll_free” What I need to search for is: 800- I need it to replace it with is 1-800- - BUT I don’t want to change instances of 1-800- - I need to leave the rest of

[PHP-DB] Prepared Statements # of rows

2011-03-04 Thread Ron Piggott
When I used Prepared Statements how do I check for the # of rows found (Equal to mysql_numrows )? IE Following the command: $stmt->execute() or die(print_r($stmt->errorInfo(), true)); Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

[PHP-DB] Search relevance

2011-02-15 Thread Ron Piggott
I would like to have the search results display in order of relevance --- and essentially add these two lines to the query. HAVING relevance > 0.2 ORDER BY relevance DESC However with how I built the database and the search spanning several tables I am unsure how to do this. Could someon

[PHP-DB] Prepared Statements

2011-02-11 Thread Ron Piggott
I am just starting to use Prepared Statements and am in a learning curve. I am working on the code below. It is for a directory. This is to select the listing for updating. How do I tell if there are more than 1 search result? Am I correctly retrieving the results, if there is more than 1?

[PHP-DB] Leap Year

2011-01-31 Thread Ron Piggott
Does mySQL have the ability to figure out if it is leap year? If so, what is the correct syntax for: AND `day` <> 366 "unless it is leap year" Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info

Re: [PHP-DB] RSS Feed

2011-01-30 Thread Ron Piggott
tp://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info -Original Message- From: Bastien Koert Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 4:10 PM To: Ron Piggott Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] RSS Feed On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Ron Piggott wrote: I have a question about the mySQL query below. T

[PHP-DB] RSS Feed

2011-01-30 Thread Ron Piggott
I have a question about the mySQL query below. The purpose is to find the last 15 days Bible reading for an RSS feed. In the table each day’s reading is assigned the day # in the year (between 1 and 365). But if the query is ran on January 6th, for example, it will only find 6 rows in the

[PHP-DB] Re: Top 10 Query

2011-01-08 Thread Ron Piggott
I had an extra “=” sign by the WHERE, my mistake, I couldn’t see it originally. Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info From: Ron Piggott Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 7:42 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Top 10 Query I am trying

[PHP-DB] Top 10 Query

2011-01-08 Thread Ron Piggott
I am trying to write a mySQL query to determine if the current word being displayed in the game is one of the top 10 most popular. I am trying to achieve this by creating a table that tracks how many times each word was accessed. A new row is created for each access to the word. The table s

Re: [PHP-DB] Word Matching Application

2011-01-05 Thread Ron Piggott
This works very well. Thank you for your assistance Dan. Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info -Original Message- From: Daniel Brown Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:34 PM To: Ron Piggott Cc: php-db@lists.php.net ; Mike Stowe

[PHP-DB] Word Matching Application

2011-01-05 Thread Ron Piggott
I am working on a word matching application. Specifically the user will match a word with it’s definition. I have made some progress since my last post for help (2 or 3 days ago). I need help knowing how to alternate between displaying the word and it’s explanation: === echo "\r\n"; echo "\

[PHP-DB] Re: Word Activity Application

2011-01-02 Thread Ron Piggott
y words on the screen foreach($match_words as $word) { echo $word . "\r\n"; } The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info From: Ron Piggott Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 5:54 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Word Activity Application

[PHP-DB] Word Activity Application

2011-01-02 Thread Ron Piggott
I am working on a word activity --- matching words and their definitions. I want to display 5 words on the left hand side and the 5 definitions on the right hand side. But I want the definitions displayed in a different order than the words so the user submits their answer. Should I use P

[PHP-DB] bindParam OR bindValue

2010-12-28 Thread Ron Piggott
The INSERT INTO query successfully executes EXACTLY as it is. The bind’s aren’t working. :{Variable name] is being saved to the database. What do I need to change? I am not understanding this yet. Ron $dsh = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname='.$database2; $dbh = new PDO($dsh, $username, $passwo

[PHP-DB] Prepared Statements and mySQL

2010-12-27 Thread Ron Piggott
I am trying to implement Prepared Statements on my web site and this is the first time I have ever used this. #1) I received the error “class mysql not defined”. That is a reference to the first line of code (below) where the database connection is established. #2) How do I assign the aut

[PHP-DB] Re: SUM() Math in mySQL

2010-12-20 Thread Ron Piggott
because the SELECT queried for the information I am using for this RSS Feed. Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info From: Ron Piggott Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 11:38 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: SUM() Math in mySQL I am working

[PHP-DB] SUM() Math in mySQL

2010-12-19 Thread Ron Piggott
I am working on the query below. It’s purpose is to manage the RSS Feed for the site. The part of the query I am struggling with is: SUM(`include_in_rss_feed`) AS current_rss_feed What I need is the total value of *ALL* the `include_in_rss_feed` , not the specific row. `include_in_rss_feed`

[PHP-DB] NULL to 0 result

2010-12-14 Thread Ron Piggott
What change is needed to this query so if “currently_in_rss” is NULL it will be assigned a value of 0 SELECT `reference`, COUNT(`reference`) AS currently_in_rss FROM `ministry_profiles` WHERE `rss_feed_include` = 1 GROUP BY `rss_feed_include` Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s

[PHP-DB] NULL values

2010-12-03 Thread Ron Piggott
When I do the following query in mySQL only 1 record is retrieved. SELECT * FROM `paypal_payment_info` WHERE `os1` NOT LIKE 'commission_paid' I am surprised by this. This one record has no characters in it, but the “INSERT INTO” that created it used: ( `os1` ) VALUES ( ‘’ ) instead of: ( `o

[PHP-DB] ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE

2010-11-27 Thread Ron Piggott
My question is with the syntax below: If the “ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `name` = '$name'” occurs will $_SESSION['referral_clients_reference'] be populated with the mysql_insert_id() value? If not, should I just query for it? Ron mysql_query("INSERT INTO `referral_clients` ( `reference` , `name`

Re: [PHP-DB] French and Spanish Accent Letters

2010-11-10 Thread Ron Piggott
: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:08 AM To: Ron Piggott Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] French and Spanish Accent Letters On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:03, Ron Piggott wrote: I have a column that is VARCHAR 250. I need it to be able to accept french and spanish accents. The purpose

[PHP-DB] French and Spanish Accent Letters

2010-11-10 Thread Ron Piggott
I have a column that is VARCHAR 250. I need it to be able to accept french and spanish accents. The purpose of the column is organization names. The “Collation” default is “latin1_swedish_ci” What do I need to do? Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerse

Re: [PHP-DB] Creating an INDEX on multiple tables?

2010-10-22 Thread Ron Piggott
I have moved the GROUP BY outside now Chris. In the queries that make up the UNION ALL (such as below) is there a way to only SELECT matches that are 70% or greater based on the users input? Right now each and every listing is a search result. Ron === SELECT `ministry_profiles`.`reference`

Re: [PHP-DB] Creating an INDEX on multiple tables?

2010-10-21 Thread Ron Piggott
The query works using UNION ALL and MATCH ( ) AGAINST --- one table at a time for the MATCH. The down side is that each SELECT is giving it's own search results. The directory listings are being displayed multiple times when one of the SELECTS produces it as a result. How do I limit the resu

Re: [PHP-DB] Creating an INDEX on multiple tables?

2010-10-21 Thread Ron Piggott
Bastien (and others) I am still having one problem with this query I don't know how to resolve: When I add the category column: `ministry_categories`.`category` as part of the MATCH () I receive the error: "Incorrect arguments to MATCH" I create the LEFT OUTER JOINs to allow additional column

Re: [PHP-DB] Creating an INDEX on multiple tables?

2010-10-21 Thread Ron Piggott
Very much so. Thank you Bastien. I have never used an OUTER join before and didn't know it would be required for this project. Ron -- From: "Bastien" Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:03 PM To: "Ron Piggott" Cc: &

Re: [PHP-DB] Creating an INDEX on multiple tables?

2010-10-21 Thread Ron Piggott
I am still struggling with this query still although I have made great progress. The following query (below) executes successfully. Right now the query returns no rows. I believe this is because there isn't automatically a record in the following three tables. `ministry_profiles_activity` `m

Re: [PHP-DB] Creating an INDEX on multiple tables?

2010-10-21 Thread Ron Piggott
inistry_profiles_activity_reference` (`ministry_profiles_reference`,`ministry_categories_reference`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1568 ; Ron -- From: "Bastien" Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:12 AM To: "Artur E

[PHP-DB] Creating an INDEX on multiple tables?

2010-10-21 Thread Ron Piggott
Is it possible to create one index on multiple tables? I am trying to create a search function for my web site. The data the user needs to be able to search is stored in multiple tables. I would like to be able to use "MATCH / AGAINST", like the query below I found online. SELECT firstname

[PHP-DB] Query for duplicate records

2010-10-17 Thread Ron Piggott
Is there a query you could help me write a SELECT query that would search table `ministry_profiles` for where column `organization` has the same organization more than once? I am trying to delete the duplicate organization records, but I am working with 1,000+ businesses and I can't go through

[PHP-DB] Escaping an '

2010-10-16 Thread Ron Piggott
For a query similar to: SELECT * FROM `tablle` WHERE `column` LIKE 'Sally's Hair Parlor' how do I escape the ' for 's?

[PHP-DB] Re: SOUNDS_LIKE, SOUNDEX

2010-10-11 Thread Ron Piggott
nction. Alternatively, SQL also has the > Soundex function , and MySQL has sound_like, which means you could get the > possible matches returned through the dataset. > > Hope this helps! > > >> -- Forwarded message -- >> From: "Ron Piggott" >

[PHP-DB] "Similar to" searches

2010-10-11 Thread Ron Piggott
I am wondering if there is a way to or how you would have mySQL query for similar words in comparison to what the user provided. I have a table which contains only single words. It has two columns: - `reference` int(10) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, - `word` varchar(100) I am wondering if there is

[PHP-DB] SELECT / ORDER BY

2010-09-10 Thread Ron Piggott
I wrote the query below to determine the 10 most popular words used: SELECT COUNT( `bible_concordance_usage`.`reference` ) AS word_usage, `bible_concordance_words`.`reference` , `bible_concordance_words`.`word` FROM `bible_concordance_usage` INNER JOIN `bible_concordance_words` ON `bible_concorda

Re: [PHP-DB] auto_increment

2010-09-07 Thread Ron Piggott
I am receiving the following error Adriano: SQL query: ALTER TABLE `stats` DROP `visits` CREATE TABLE `stats2` LIKE `stats` ; MySQL said: Documentation #1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'C

[PHP-DB] auto_increment

2010-09-07 Thread Ron Piggott
I am wondering if something like the following will work in mySQL: ALTER TABLE `stats` ADD `visits` INT( 25 ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY FIRST ORDER BY `initial_access` ASC This particular syntax won't work though. initial_access is a column that contains a unix timestamp. I am trying

RE: [PHP-DB] AUTO_INCREMENT value

2010-09-05 Thread Ron Piggott
I figured it out, the permissions weren't set on the user to allow the command to work. Ron -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP-DB] CURDATE

2010-08-16 Thread Ron Piggott
I am wondering why: SELECT * FROM `bible_concordance_usage` WHERE `date_accessed` = CURDATE() Doesn't work when `date_accessed` is column type "timestamp" And What would work? Ron -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP-DB] COUNT() query help

2010-08-13 Thread Ron Piggott
I am making a Bible concordance. I need help with the query that figures out how many times each word is in the Bible. The COUNT() in the query below is giving me the total number of words for the letter of the alphabet, not the specific word, and is causing there to be only 1 search result. I h

[PHP-DB] SELECT with ' in search term

2010-08-12 Thread Ron Piggott
If the variable $segment has an ' in it the $query won't work because of having 3 ' 's. Should I be using: $segment = mysql_real_escape_string($segment); before querying the database? $query="SELECT `reference` FROM `bible_concordance_words` WHERE `word` = '$segment' LIMIT 1"; Please note: $s

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: LEFT JOIN query help

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Piggott
LIKE' to 'NOT IN' in the outer query. Sent from my iPhone On 19/07/2010, at 4:15 AM, "Ron Piggott" wrote: > > I am still working on this query and wondering if I should be taking a > different approach --- to use a sub query to figure out which questions &

[PHP-DB] Re: LEFT JOIN query help

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Piggott
I am still working on this query and wondering if I should be taking a different approach --- to use a sub query to figure out which questions have been answered and then an "outter" query to not select one of them. But mySQL is giving me the error that the subquery has more than 1 row --- I have

[PHP-DB] LEFT JOIN query help

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Piggott
I am writing a Bible trivia application. I am trying to write the mySQL query that will select the next question reference number and the current question is answered. The value I want to retrieve It is in the field: `verse_of_the_day_Bible_trivia`.`reference` I don't think I have my LEFT JOIN'

Re: [PHP-DB] NULL to 0

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Piggott
Thanks, Ron -- -Original Message- From: Andrés G. Montañez To: ron.pigg...@actsministries.org Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] NULL to 0 Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:20:20 -0300 SELECT IFNULL(SUM(`my_Bible_trivia_knowledge_questions_answered`.`score`), 0) AS total_s

[PHP-DB] NULL to 0

2010-07-17 Thread Ron Piggott
What modification does this query need that if either total_score or questions_answered have a value of "NULL" that it will be changed to 0 ("ZERO") Ron SELECT SUM(`my_Bible_trivia_knowledge_questions_answered`.`score`) AS total_score, `my_Bible_trivia_knowledge_profile`.`questions_answered` FRO

[PHP-DB] Re: Broken query

2010-07-11 Thread Ron Piggott
Yes I have checked that $last_mailing_date contains a date. I was wrong, It doesn't work when it is live. I had only ran the first query before I added the "AND NOT" portion, sorry. Ron > > I am trying to write a query to select a trivia question, but I don't want > the trivia question categor

[PHP-DB] Broken query

2010-07-11 Thread Ron Piggott
I am trying to write a query to select a trivia question, but I don't want the trivia question category to be the same two days in a row so I added a second "SELECT" syntax to find out what category was used yesterday. This works when I test it "live", but doesn't work when it is part of a cron j

[PHP-DB] Another UNION ALL query

2010-04-29 Thread Ron Piggott
I have a 'Highlights' heading on my home page. It is for links to content on the site ... like specific web pages I have designed the query below to select the two most popular and least popular pages used on the site to be the Highlights. (Each time a web page is accessed user_hits is increased

[PHP-DB] Re: UNION ALL query help

2010-04-24 Thread Ron Piggott
Ok. I have received help and got it fixed. I didn't have the variables matching the first query. I haven't done a UNION ALL recently. Thanks. Ron

[PHP-DB] UNION ALL query help

2010-04-24 Thread Ron Piggott
I am received the error message: Unknown column 'title' in 'field list' from the query below. I am not understanding what I have done wrong. The goal of the query is with for a RSS feed determining the 15 most current articles. Ron SELECT title, content_date, content, reference FROM ( ( SE

Re: [PHP-DB] mySQL date query

2010-04-12 Thread Ron Piggott
It is in a 'date' column type -MM-DD > what is the format of the date u are storing ? > > Chaitanya > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Ron Piggott < > ron.pigg...@actsministries.org> wrote: > >> I am trying to write a mySQL query on m

[PHP-DB] mySQL date query

2010-04-12 Thread Ron Piggott
I am trying to write a mySQL query on my "stats" table. I am trying to determine the number of records (users) during a 7 day period ending yesterday. I always to keep it current ... Yesterday will keep changing. In other words I want to know the number of users who accessed the web site during

Re: [PHP-DB] Shopping cart application question

2010-04-04 Thread Ron Piggott
I have done something like you have said below Chris. I put the code which is common to be loops in it's own file and I did an INCLUDE Ron -Original Message- From: chris smith To: ron.pigg...@actsministries.org Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Shopping cart applicatio

[PHP-DB] Shopping cart application question

2010-04-03 Thread Ron Piggott
I am writing a shopping cart application. I am expanding the application to have a store membership component. Right now I am saving the customers selections in one of two ways: - In the session variable "$_SESSION['order']" if they aren't logged in - For those who have logged into their account

[PHP-DB] Rounding up results

2010-03-09 Thread Ron Piggott
Is there a way to round up in mySQL? This result may give 3.2 --- so I want the result to be 4? SELECT ( count(`reference`) / $items_per_page ) AS total_pages FROM `store_product_profile` WHERE `store_category_reference` =$reference AND `live` =1 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.n

Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_close()

2010-02-20 Thread Ron Piggott
Message- From: pretz...@mail.uni-paderborn.de Reply-to: pretz...@mail.uni-paderborn.de To: ron@actsministries.org Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_close() Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:48:22 +0100 http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-close.php On 20.02.2010 22:27, Ron Piggott wrote: > D

[PHP-DB] mysql_close()

2010-02-20 Thread Ron Piggott
Does mysql_close() close all open database connections? How would I specify which connection to close? Ron

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