RE: insert into... select... duplicate key

2005-09-25 Thread Schimmel LCpl Robert B \(GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master\)
has autonumbering - insert into table1 (field2, field3) select (field2, field3) from table1; autonumbering will automatticaly be applied :-) Danny Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master) wrote: Here is the problem that I am having. I am trying to make a copy of a full record

RE: insert into... select... duplicate key

2005-09-25 Thread Schimmel LCpl Robert B \(GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master\)
Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master) wrote: That is the effect that I am looking for, but exactly the method that I am trying to avoid. If I type the column names into my INSERT... SELECT and someone later adds a column to the table, I would have to go back into my program

RE: insert into... select... duplicate key

2005-09-25 Thread Schimmel LCpl Robert B \(GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master\)
Actually, both of your solutions worked. Thanks much for the input guys. Rob -Original Message- From: Michael Stassen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 12:20 AM To: Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master) Cc: Danny Stolle; mysql@lists.mysql.com

insert into... select... duplicate key

2005-09-24 Thread Schimmel LCpl Robert B \(GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master\)
Here is the problem that I am having. I am trying to make a copy of a full record in a table that has a primary key with auto-increment. The real problem is that I want the statement to use SELECT * so that if columns ever get added to the table the statement will still work for the full record. I

Re: Looking for only unique records

2001-03-18 Thread Web master
try distinct(column name) JCampbell wrote: I want to know if it is possible to build a MySQL query which will only return the unique values of a specific column. Ie if I had this table: id | name |date___ 1 | Jon | 2001-01-03 2 | Bob | 2001-01-04 3 | Jon | 2001-01-05 Is

Re: Key Word Query

2001-02-27 Thread Web master
I agree, I don't think there is a function in MySql, it will do the job. May be you can use the following algorithm 1. fetch all rows item description. 2. Split into words and put it in a array. 3. Create a counter array of the same limit of word array. 4. in a for loop, count number of time

Re: mysql/php

2001-02-14 Thread Web master
or you can try the following code $result=@mysql_db_query($db_name,$query,$link); $num=@mysql_num_rows($result); if($num=0): echo "No records found"; endif; Martin Cloutier wrote: Try this: $RESULT_SET = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table where description LIKE '%$keyword%'");

How to set the date format to dd/mm/yyyy for all tables in MySql for insertion, selection etc.,

2001-01-26 Thread Web master
Hello, I would like to change the default date format MySql from /mm/dd to dd/mm/. Does anyone know, how to make this change in MySql? Thanks. - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the

Re: How to set the date format to dd/mm/yyyy for all tables in MySql for insertion, selection etc.,

2001-01-26 Thread Web master
Thank paul. I know about Date_format, but was curious if there is some setup parameters would allow us to define the MySql date format . Paul DuBois wrote: On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 01:40:12PM -0700, Web master wrote: Hello, I would like to change the default date format MySql from

Re: SELECT FROM TABLE WHERE ?

2001-01-22 Thread Web master
select max(rating) from singlemalts will give you the highest value or select * from singlemalts order by rating desc will give all the rows ordered by rating and the first row will have the highest value Richard Reina wrote: I've tried the manual (and the Oreily MySQL book) and played