Connetion times out - OT

Hello all, sorry if this maybe a bit OT, but we've seem to be getting this error 110: Connection timed out.. from our Perl scripts connecting to our MySQL database... is this perl or the mysql server related issue ? thx's -- MikeBlezien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thunder Rain Inter

Re: Sorting Results

Cancel this! :) after reading it again, I realized a simple ORDER BY will do the trick nicely... Happy Holidays, >>Mike(mickako)Blezien wrote: Hello all, Is there away, within the sql query, to sort the query results in alphabetical order, IE... going from A... to ..Z. This would b

Sorting Results

Hello all, Is there away, within the sql query, to sort the query results in alphabetical order, IE... going from A... to ..Z. This would be like titles of mailing lists. TIA -- MikeBlezien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thunder Rain Internet Publishing Providing Internet Solutions that

Re: currency type

>>Desmond Lee wrote: > > Hi there > > Does mysql have a currency type, or is it best to just use a varchar or a > float? > > Thanks > > Desmond I normally use the DECIMAL(6,2) data type, works very for currency values. -- Mike(mickalo)Blezien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thunder R