At 9:32 -0500 4/4/02, Rochester, Dean wrote: >I know that is not valid sql, but it was the jist of what I was inserting.
Generally, when you're reporting problems to the list, it's not worthwhile to report the gist. Particularly when what you're reporting is erroneous and doesn't actually have the slightest thing to do with the actual cause of the problem. When you do that, you waste the time and effort of people who are willing to take the trouble to help you. > >I got it figured out. I am using Java to create this sql statement and >there is a decimal formatting object in java, so I used that to format the >variable that I am inserting and bingo, fixed. > >Thanks for you gray matter time > >Dean-O >aka Java Dude, SQL Geek in training > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Roger Baklund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:16 AM >To: MySQL (E-mail) (E-mail) >Cc: Rochester, Dean >Subject: RE: How do you set the char format for a column in Mysql table > > >* Rochester, Dean >> I have a Mysql table with a char(2) column, name is Dependents. >> I want the value that I insert to always be to places. I have tried >> >> Insert into Table1 Dependents values '02'; >> >> but it inserts 2 in the Dependents column > >Really? It is not valid SQL... > >mysql> create table Dependents (test char(2)); >Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.09 sec) > >mysql> Insert into Table1 Dependents values '02'; >ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'Dependents values >'02'' at line 1 >mysql> Insert into Dependents values ('02'); >Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec) > >mysql> select * from Dependents; >+------+ >| test | >+------+ >| 02 | >+------+ >1 row in set (0.02 sec) > >> How do I make it insert 02? > >I don't know what you did wrong... did you use quotes? You must use quotes, >or it will be interpreted as a number, and 02 will be 'converted' to 2... > >-- >Roger --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
