Date query optimization

2003-07-01 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hi folks, I do a considerable amount of queries based on a date, and or date range. I have not had much luck with optimizing these queries. In some cases I use a date field and others a datetime field. The following query searches through 34,000 + records, while specifiying the exact date

Re: Date query optimization

2003-07-01 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Keith, The normal way to do a search for a range of dates would be ... WHERE a.submitdate BETWEEN '2003-07-01' AND '2003-07-14'; Is that what you're looking for? submitdate happens to be a DATETIME field. Your suggested query doesn't pull any results. Must I convert the field first?

Re: Strange Mull in show fields and table keeps crashing

2003-06-25 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
I'm not sure what errors are being reported to the server. I'm not sure how to get those. I am not local to the box. Is there a way to look at the log files without being at the box? Karl - Original Message - From: Victor Pendleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Karl J. Stubsjoen' [EMAIL

How to retrieve Insert Into Select From records effected

2002-09-08 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, How can I determin what erros occur from an Insert into select from statement? Namely, I'm looking for any duplicate record errors. It is important to inform the user (in a web browser) whether or not a particular insert would fail. Must I perform a lookup first, or is there a way to

Request for help - Table Crashing

2002-08-31 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, This is my 2nd post, not to sound pushy, just raising the urgency of my dilemna. My table is crashing way to often (I'd like it to not crash at all). I'm not sure what to do, how to trouble shoot, and how to fix my problem. I will post the structure of the table here, as well as the

Distribute MySQL with VB App

2001-12-14 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, Is it possible to distribute a MySQL db with a visual basic application - in other words, use MySQL as the backend DB for a Visual Basic app? Karl Stubsjoen www.excelbus.com/info-m - Before posting, please check:

Kill Thread

2001-12-10 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, I need to kill a thread. I've issued a command which has locked a table (delete from table where id = 9) was the command and it is taking a very very long time. Now I'd like to kill that thread. However, I can't read the the thread ID because the ID scrolls out of view in my little

RE: Delete Match Against

2001-11-21 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Wooohooo! that is the first bug i ever found! Do I get any points : ) Karl www.excelbus.com ..opportunity knocking.. -Original Message- From: Sergei Golubchik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 6:33 AM To: Karl J. Stubsjoen Cc: MySql list Subject: Re

Delete Match Against

2001-11-20 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, I am trying to perform the following delete command: delete from my_table where match(keywords,title,description) against('this_word') When I perform a similar select and count with the above query, I come up with 47 records found. However, when I issue the above delete command, no

Lock Table for new index?

2001-11-13 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, I have a fairly active and large DB. I need to create a new index on a column. It will take (just guessing) 15-30 minutes for the entire creation. I've got different people hittiing this table all the time, mostly with new inserts (not really any updates). My question is: Can I create

Search Engines

2001-11-12 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, I need to create a search engine out of a few MySQL tables I should say: I need to search MySQL records like a search engin might. However, my first go ended up as a complete failure because it is highly un-optimized to search for (as an example) %apple% in all of the available

Hash Tables / Indexes

2001-11-12 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, Can someone explain hash tables or hash indexes and if we can take advantage of them in MySQL? Thanks! Karl - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/

Replicating MySQL

2001-01-19 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, How could we replicate our MySQL DB from one server to another? As a back up measure, incase our pages fail to connect to ServerA, it'll then try to connect to ServerB? Thanks! Karl ...and what is the word I am looking for, it isn't replicate but something else?

How to configure MySQL for Unix

2001-01-16 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, We have loaded MySQL on an Apache Linux machine, I have recently tried to connect and am getting the following error: C:\mysql\binmysql -hdaffy -uroot -p Enter password: ERROR 1130: Host 'workstation01.fenzer' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server Any ideas what we