>>>> 2012/02/05 21:56 -0800, Peter Brawley >>>> On 2/5/2012 9:21 PM, Michael Dykman wrote: >You are right. It seems to have fallen into disuse since I used it last.
AFAIK it has never been used. <<<<<<<< One use occurred to me, and I was thinking of this, to set "date_format" in the configuration file, and pass it to function "date_format": mysql> select date_format(now(),@@date_format), @@date_format; +----------------------------------+---------------+ | date_format(now(),@@date_format) | @@date_format | +----------------------------------+---------------+ | 2012/2/6 | %Y/%c/%e | +----------------------------------+---------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) I have so set it in my configuration file, but have made no use of it other than this test. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
