Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Auto PK

2005-01-06 Thread Jochem Maas
Andrew Kreps wrote: ... 20050105-1 20050105-2 20050106-1 ...etc. This would be a great place for a stored procedure, but I don't know if I can recommend running MySQL 5 to you. The most platform-safe way an open source alternative that does offer this enterprise level functionality (stored proced

RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL Auto PK

2005-01-06 Thread Norland, Martin
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Kreps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 12:30 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Auto PK > > On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:11:23 -0500, John Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OOzy Pal wrote: > &g

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Auto PK

2005-01-06 Thread Jason Wong
On Friday 07 January 2005 02:29, Andrew Kreps wrote: > This would be a great place for a stored procedure, but I don't know > if I can recommend running MySQL 5 to you. The most platform-safe way > I can think of is to get a count(*) of the number of rows with today's > date, add 1 to it, and sti

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Auto PK

2005-01-06 Thread Andrew Kreps
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:11:23 -0500, John Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OOzy Pal wrote: > > Is it possible to have mysql at an ID as 20050105-1 as > > (MMDD-1), -2, etc. > > automatically? No. But you can always just use > > SELECT CONCAT(date_column,'-',pk_column) AS fixed_id ... > > i

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Auto PK

2005-01-05 Thread John Holmes
OOzy Pal wrote: Is it possible to have mysql at an ID as 20050105-1 as (MMDD-1), -2, etc. automatically? No. But you can always just use SELECT CONCAT(date_column,'-',pk_column) AS fixed_id ... if you _really_ need something like this. Or just join them together in PHP. -- ---John Holmes... A

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Auto PK

2005-01-05 Thread Jochem Maas
OOzy Pal wrote: Dears, Is it possible to have mysql at an ID as 20050105-1 as (MMDD-1), -2, etc. probably, possibly, maybe. take your pick. as Martin Norland already pointed out to someone else; this is not [EMAIL PROTECTED] (that beauty of a comment is forever burned into my neo-cortex! :-)

[PHP-DB] MySQL Auto PK

2005-01-05 Thread OOzy Pal
Dears, Is it possible to have mysql at an ID as 20050105-1 as (MMDD-1), -2, etc. OOzy = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mai