Re: Browsing Tables

2003-06-24 Thread j.urban
If you're using Windows, you can use an application like urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql) for easy viewing, adding, editing, deleting, etc, or any of a number of available graphical clients... You may also want to have a look around http://www.mysql.com and the list archives for several

RE: Licence Free Import/Export for Access?

2003-02-13 Thread j.urban
I believe the same is true of urSQL. However, you do need to set up an ODBC data source and this requires the MS Access driver. The easiest way to get the driver is to install MS Access, but I think it is possible to install the driver without MS Access... On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Arthur Fuller

RE: Licence Free Import/Export for Access?

2003-02-12 Thread j.urban
I've used urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql) to accomplish this for quite some time. You can click on an MS Access table and select Build Script as MySQL to get a MySQL-like CREATE TABLE script... On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Christensen, Dave wrote: There's a relatively low-cost ODBC utility

RE: Is there anything like Query Analyser for MySQl

2003-01-26 Thread j.urban
Have a look at urSQL -- http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql --- Scott Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering, is there a program simialar to MS SQL server - Query Analyser, where you can write sql queries to query MySQl databases?

Re: PD: The win admin for Mysql

2002-09-11 Thread j.urban
Have a look at urSQL - http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, [iso-8859-2] Jêdrzej Kolesiñski wrote: Hi I'm looking for some software (under windows) that will connect to a sql - mysql base and make some drop of structure and data of a database Do you know any

RE: MySQL Poll

2002-07-15 Thread j.urban
I suppose it depends on your needs and/or exactly what you want to accomplish, but I use urSQL (www.urbanresearch.com/ursql) to access data on MySQL, MSSQL, MS Access, and Paradox databases. I use urSQL frequently to do ad hoc queries and basic SQL tasks... I wouldn't really call it an Admin

Re: Frontend and report tool

2002-06-04 Thread j.urban
You might want to have a look at urSQL -- http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql -- it has built in support for exporting query results in a variety of formats... On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Petre Agenbag wrote: Hi Can anyone tell me if they know about a good frontend for mysql with reporting facilities,

Re: Command line interface

2002-06-03 Thread j.urban
Have a look at urSQL from http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Ehmer David wrote: Hi Very new to MySQL and just wondering if there is an alternative interface to the command line. The beginners tutorial I am working through from WWW.Mysql.com seems to do all tasks from

Re: Good color coded SQL editor for MySQL?

2002-04-30 Thread j.urban
Try urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql) -- it's got a very customizable editor... On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Jerry wrote: Does anyone know of a good color coded SQL editor for MySQL that works in Windows? TIA, Jerry k -

Re: GUI for mySQL

2002-04-20 Thread j.urban
Have a look at urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql) -- it allows you to run ad hoc queries and export the results to several different formats (ie HTML, MS Word, Excel, Text, etc). On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Pierre du Parte wrote: However, the head bean counter in one office tackled me on

Re: Graphical UI for MySQL

2002-04-16 Thread j.urban
If you know SQL, you might want to have a look at urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql). It's not a management tool per se, but more of a query tool... On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, BD wrote: At 01:48 AM 4/16/2002, you wrote: Greetings, I would like to ask you following question: Is there

Re: SQL Script stopping

2002-04-08 Thread j.urban
The semi-colon (;) after Service CHAR(80) should be a comma (,). On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Jim Swanson wrote: I have a script I'm trying to run through the mysql command. When I run the script, I get a 1064 error, specifically CREATE TABLE 185_s_Prices\g PriceID INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,

Re: SQL Script stopping

2002-04-08 Thread j.urban
Also, the CREATE TABLE statement doesn't look right. It should probably be: create table 185_s_Prices ( PriceID INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, Service CHAR (80), Category CHAR (20) ); See the MySQL Manual section on CREATE TABLE. On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Jim Swanson wrote: I have a script I'm

RE: Access - Mysql conversion

2002-01-21 Thread j.urban
Another option might be ursql (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql). This tool has the ability to generate MySQL-compatible CREATE TABLE scripts from a connected MS Access database. Once the basic CREATE TABLE scripts are generated, you can easily tweak the data types to your liking. In my

Re: Porting from MS SQL to MySQL

2002-01-18 Thread j.urban
If you know you're going to port it, it really shouldn't be too difficult. In fact, if you're creating it with the intention of porting it, you can (and should) use MSSQL datatypes that are compatible with MySQL. If you do this, porting is a trivial task at best. 18,000 euro seems a bit steep

Re: Porting from MS SQL to MySQL

2002-01-18 Thread j.urban
Porting a DB takes more 'than a couple of hours'. What about the written procedures, the security mappings, the back up and recovery procs, the fallback arrangements, the testing etc. Yes, porting a database that was written for MSSQL with no intention of porting can be a painful

Re: Porting from MS SQL to MySQL

2002-01-18 Thread j.urban
Unless they are saying they doubt that mySQL is upto, it so it's no good quoting. They may have a room full of SQLServer people twiddling their thumbs in which case I agree with you, they are not bucking for the customer here. On the other hand they have very real doubts that mySQL is upto

RE: Porting from MS SQL to MySQL

2002-01-18 Thread j.urban
. admin functions 7. training 8. post installation testing 9. pre install testing, Beta 10. load testing 11. get the picture? This is NOT a two hour job! -Original Message- From: Tony Buckley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 10:56 AM To: j.urban Cc: [EMAIL

Re: Porting from MS SQL to MySQL

2002-01-18 Thread j.urban
Are you seriously saying you could sit down in front a reasonably sized DB you had never seen before and understand all the business issues and pick it up and ship to a new RDBMS and platform, rewrite the document, replan what I Absolutely not. I am saying that if I am tasked with developing

RE: Porting from MS SQL to MySQL

2002-01-18 Thread j.urban
original platform. I can see where this kind of design is useful... if you KNOW you are going to port to MySQL in the future. But in that case, why not design there in the first place? I have no idea and I didn't suggest this was a good solution, but the question was posed, so I simply

Re: Using MYSQL and PHP With Vitual Apache Servers ?

2002-01-06 Thread j.urban
Why not just create separate databases for each virtual server? It sounds like a perfect situation to create multiple databases, as databases do provide data separation... mysql create database Virtual1; mysql create database Virtual2; mysql create database Virtual3; mysql create database

Re: MySQL on Win2000

2001-12-13 Thread j.urban
You might want to have a look at a client like urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql)... At 14:51 13/12/2001 -0500, Alex Shi wrote: Hello, I installed MySQL 3.23.46 on Windows2000. The mysql-nt started on Windows startup, and MysqlAdmin is also running well. I tried to create a

Re: Request for information (MS Access MySQL)

2001-10-26 Thread j.urban
You can also use a tool like urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql) to convert the table schemas. urSQL has the ability to save MySQL tables as MS Access CREATE TABLE scripts and the ability to build a script of insert statements that can be run against the new table. (You can also save MS

Re: CHAR() becomes VARCHAR() in CREATE

2001-10-18 Thread j.urban
MySQL automagically changes all char columns to varchar if there is one or more variable-length columns' present. The TEXT column in your first example is causing ALL char() columns to be converted to varchar(). In your second example, since there are NO variable-length columns, the char()

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Yes or No

2001-10-02 Thread j.urban
An enum should work fine as you've described, but remember that the ENUM type is a MySQL proprietary type and if you ever want to convert to another database (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Etc.), you may have to find an appropiate solution (i.e. convert to integer and use 0 and 1)... On Tue, 2

Re: graphic interface

2001-09-22 Thread j.urban
You might want to have a look at urSQL -- http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql or one of the clients listed in the My SQL manual: http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/E/SEC619.html. On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Pedro Munoz wrote: Hi all, Is there any graphic tool for controling a Mysql database?. This tool is

Re: SQL GUI-Based Table Creation Tools?

2001-09-21 Thread j.urban
Have a look at urSQL -- http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Calvin Chin wrote: Can anyone out there provide GUI-Based table creation tools for mySQL? (something like Access) Thank you. Regards, Calvin Chin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ipmuda Berhad - Building materials for

Re: Semi colons in text fields in update statement

2001-09-20 Thread j.urban
Update tblCompany SET CoName='quot;testerquot;' WHERE CoID=109 It's not the query string. I just submitted this query using urSQL (uses ODBC) and it worked just fine (assuming CoName is a varchar(32)). I'm also able to successfully run this query and similar queries via ADO from a Delphi

Re: Mysql and Delphi dude

2001-09-11 Thread j.urban
The TDatabase component should have a property named LoginPrompt. You need to set that property to FALSE. 1) Drop a TDatabase on your form or datamodule 2) Set the TDatabase.DatabaseName property 3) Set the TDatabase.AliasName property 4) Set the TDatabase.LoginPrompt property to False 5) Drop

RE: Mysql and Delphi dude

2001-09-11 Thread j.urban
The Zeos components are fine, but there's no need to change the underlying libraries to get functionality that exists within the current component. Borland's TDatabase object (native VCL) also supports both options -- LoginPrompt or no LoginPrompt. On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Mike wrote: Use Zeos

Re: MySQL Delphi

2001-09-02 Thread j.urban
Is it actually truncating data or is the width simply short? If it's the latter, you might want to have a look at the MyODBC settings for the connection. There is an option called something like, Don't optimize column widths. If this is checked, MyODBC should return the entire column width.

Re: NewLine between statements

2001-09-01 Thread j.urban
It really depends on the client. MySQL does not inherently know how to process multiple statements. If you're sending SQL from a program you developed, you'll probably have to separate the statements and submit them individually. The clients that allow multiple statements (ie urSQL and the

Re: Window-based client program for MySQL (server in Linux)

2001-08-31 Thread j.urban
There is indeed a PHP client called PHPMyAdmin (http://www.phpwizard.net/projects/phpMyAdmin/) and there are several Windows-based clients including urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql). On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Biniam Gebremichael wrote: I have MySQL server installed in my linux box.

Re: reports? from MySQL

2001-08-28 Thread j.urban
If you're accessing via Windows, you can use MyODBC and a reporting package such as Crystal Reports or Quick Reports or just about any ODBC-compliant reporting package. You should also be able to link MS Access to your MySQL database... For simple reports where you just want to print some data,

Re: mySQL Interface Programs

2001-08-23 Thread j.urban
Check out urSQL from http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Neil Tompkins wrote: Hello, Currently to connect to mySQL server I use MS Access and ODBC. I have noticed that the update when scrolling through records is not very good. Can anyone recommend and suggestion

Re: importing data

2001-08-07 Thread j.urban
http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/O/LOAD_DATA.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqlimport.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/o/Loading_tables.html On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Kevin Fonner wrote: Is there an easy way or perhaps a utility to import a tab delimeted text file of data into a mysql table

Re: WANTED: Utility to reverse engineer existing database II

2001-08-07 Thread j.urban
Did you see the -w, --where option? It might be what you're looking for... Dump only selected records. --http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqldump.html If you have a more complicated query and you are using Windows, you can use urSQL + MyODBC to accomplish this as urSQL

Re: editor

2001-08-06 Thread j.urban
Yes, have a look at urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql). You may also want to have a look at MyODBC and the various clients available from mysql.com, including mysqlgui. On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Naintara Jain wrote: is there any editor available (eg vi on UNIX) that runs on MS-DOS to make

Re: WANTED: Utility to reverse engineer existing database

2001-08-06 Thread j.urban
Yup. You can use mysqldump (comes with the MySQL distribution). See the MySQL manual for details: http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqldump.html You can also use a graphical tool such as urSQL (MS Windows + MyODBC) to accomplish the scripting if you wish (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql).

Re: how to delete a database table?

2001-08-06 Thread j.urban
To remove rows from a table: mysql delete from your_table_name; See: http://www.mysql.com/doc/D/E/DELETE.html To completely remove the table from the database: mysql drop table your_table_name; See: http://www.mysql.com/doc/D/R/DROP_TABLE.html On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, louie miranda wrote:

Re: MySQL Client Software

2001-08-01 Thread j.urban
I use urSQL, available from http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql, to connect to remote MySQL servers from my Windows box... There is also the mysqlgui client and many more available from the MySQL website (www.mysql.com). On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Faiz Khan wrote: Hi there, I am having problem

Re: Cannot change column type from varchar(32) to char(32)

2001-08-01 Thread j.urban
It might depend on the other columns in your table definition. Have you looked at the Silent Column Specification Changes? http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/i/Silent_column_changes.html If you have ANY varchar() columns, all char columns greater than three characters are changed to varchar().

Re: client/server

2001-07-31 Thread j.urban
Check out urSQL from http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql. On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I'm a newbie at mysql and i'm looking for a client program for win23 that can accsess a mysql database and create and alter tables. The mysql database is placed on a linux box in

Re: show create table

2001-07-31 Thread j.urban
Version 3.23.20 On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Ansgar Becker wrote: since which version was the show create table syntax introduced? - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual)

Re: Backup / Import Questions

2001-07-30 Thread j.urban
Because the --opt option builds an output script of SQL commands that can be run to CREATE TABLES and INSERT data. You're on the right track, but using mysqlimport only makes sense based on the options that were used with mysqldump... Based on what you've done, you can re-create the entire

ADO + show columns

2001-07-27 Thread j.urban
I'm experiencing some unexpected and undesired behavior attempting to run SHOW COLUMNS FROM TABLE using Delphi via ADO. MDAC: 2.6 RTM MyODBC: 2.50.37 O/S:Windows 98 MySQL: 2.23.24 (Linux) I can run most queries just fine (ie SHOW TABLES, selects, etc.). However any SHOW COLUMNS queries

Re: Modifing A Table

2001-07-18 Thread j.urban
mysql alter table mytable add newcolumn varchar(16); Have a look at the ALTER TABLE syntax in the manual... http://www.mysql.com/doc/A/L/ALTER_TABLE.html On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Paul Castiglione wrote: Hello Is there a way to add addition feilds to a table after it been created.

Re: MASON GUI for Windows is it good?

2001-07-13 Thread j.urban
I don't know much about Mascon, but I've been happy with urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql)... I think it largely depends on your needs. On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Cesar Cuneo /Corpsoft wrote: I have heard that mason is pretty good , I currently us DB Tools as a windows GUI for MySQL but

Re: word count

2001-07-09 Thread j.urban
How about: select position(' ' IN name) as fs from contacts having fs0; On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Tommy Beavitt wrote: How do I build an SQL query which returns rows based on whether or not strings in a column contain more than one word eg. SELECT name FROM contacts WHERE WORD

Re: front end/client for mysql

2001-07-06 Thread j.urban
You might want to have a look at urSQL (http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql). There are several options for editing and viewing data. On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Ed Peddycoart wrote: I am looking for a Win32 front end/client for mysql. I want to be able to run it on my local machine, but modify a

Re: Data Entry Forms

2001-06-25 Thread j.urban
You have several options, a few of the more common solutions include: C, C++, Delphi, Perl, PHP, HTML, CGI, etc... Simple data entry forms can often be easily implemented using a web-based solution (which also simplifies deployment)... On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Stephen Reynolds wrote: I've

Re: gui

2001-06-21 Thread j.urban
For the Windows platform, have a look at urSQL -- http:/www.urbanresearch.com/ursql You might also want to have a look at the MySQL documentation (very friendly is a subjective and vague requirement): http://www.mysql.com/doc/n/o/node_17.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/E/SEC592.html On Thu,

Re: Database Schema

2001-06-21 Thread j.urban
Try mysqldump -d database_name... On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Juan wrote: Can I generate my Database Schema from mySQL? How? - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual)

Re: mysql GUI for windows NT/98 is it available?

2001-06-13 Thread j.urban
Try urSQL from http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql also see the MySQL website: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/gui-clients.html http://www.mysql.com/downloads/contrib.html#SEC592 On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, John Kennedy wrote: I am just curious to know whether you have any GUI for mysql for Windows

Re: PHP + MySQL question

2001-06-10 Thread j.urban
Have a look at the PHP mysql_fetch_array and mysql_fetch_row functions and associated documentation... ?php //assuming the db is already connected $query = select id,name from Categories; $res = mysql_query($query,$dbh) or die (bad query); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($res)) { echo

Re: does show create table work?

2001-06-06 Thread j.urban
I believe SHOW CREATE TABLE was added in 3.23.20... http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/H/SHOW_CREATE_TABLE.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/N/e/News-3.23.20.html On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Rob Agar wrote: hi! Does SHOW CREATE TABLE x actually work? When I try it I just get error 1064 (you have an error

Re: Any suggestions on a front end for MySQL database?

2001-05-29 Thread j.urban
Have a look at urSQL from http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql. On Tue, 29 May 2001, Apolinaras Apollo Sinkevicius wrote: I currently have Access97 as a front end of MySQL database. Would any of you be able to suggest me any other easy front end for the database. Employees in my company

Re: escaping semicolon in strings

2001-05-10 Thread j.urban
How are you inserting the strings (ie C, Perl, etc)? What is the exact string you're tying to insert? What is the exact error message returned? On Thu, 10 May 2001, Dave Emerson wrote: I'm trying to store strings the database that contain html character entities in them. It appears that

Re: SQL help

2001-05-08 Thread j.urban
You might be able to do something like this instead: SELECT *, id*0+RAND() AS r FROM table ORDER BY r LIMIT 5; Check the list archives, this issue comes up quite often. On Wed, 9 May 2001, Webmaster wrote: i dont follow step #3. At 11:42 PM 5/8/2001, Tony Shiu wrote: i think it is

Re: restore 'dumped' database

2001-05-02 Thread j.urban
Check out mysqlimport and LOAD DATA INFILE, as well as the documentation for mysqldump: http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqlimport.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/O/LOAD_DATA.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqldump.html On Wed, 2 May 2001, Brian Warn wrote: Hi, How do I restore a copied

Re: Is there mysql client under Windows?

2001-04-29 Thread j.urban
Yes, try urSQL -- http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql There is also mysqlgui from http://www.mysql.com/downloads/gui-clients.html and several more listed at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/contrib.html#SEC569 On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, [iso-8859-1] Sofiane Sakhri wrote: Hello, Is there a windows

Re: client side tool of MySQL

2001-04-25 Thread j.urban
Have a look at urSQL -- http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Hao Cheng wrote: Hi, I'm new to MySQL. I'm using it in Windows 2000. I'm just wondering if there is any great client side tools of it, like the toad for oracle? actually I'm not expecting it to be that

Re: free admin/client gui for win32

2001-04-05 Thread j.urban
Check out urSQL at http://www.urbanresearch.com/ursql On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Kevin Xin Lin wrote: Can any one share with me a good free admin/client GUI for win32? Thanks. - Before posting, please check:

Re: TXT file to mysql DB

2001-03-05 Thread j.urban
Have a look at mysqlimport and 'LOAD DATA INFILE' in the manual. Your question doesn't provide the format of the text file, so it's hard to pinpoint an exact solution... http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/O/LOAD_DATA.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqlimport.html On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Cho Bum Rae

Re: Deleting Tables

2001-02-27 Thread j.urban
Your script likely includes a CREATE TABLE statement that is tripping on the fact the table already exists. The table can be deleted using the DROP TABLE statement: mysql drop table home1; You might consider adding the DROP TABLE IF EXISTS to the script as well. Please see the MySQL Manual:

Re: LOOKING FOR A FRONTEND FOR MYSQL

2001-02-26 Thread j.urban
You might have a look at urSQL - www.urbanresearch.com/ursql On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, MANGERA, Faizal wrote: Hi everyone, Is there a front-end available for Mysql. I am currently using Mascon as an administrative front-end, which is very good. However I need a front-end with less

Re: ssh

2001-02-22 Thread j.urban
ssh = Secure Shell http://www.ssh.org/faq.html On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Karl Chen wrote: I wonder what is ssh stand for. and what is benifit over telnet - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the

Re: dropping columns

2001-02-18 Thread j.urban
But you could always look up the mysql documentation for your answer. It should be identical if not, almost. Not even close. MSSQL 6.5 does not support dropping columns using ALTER TABLE. There are many differences between MySQL and MSSQL and even though it might work from time to time,

Re: Fw: SQL HELP

2001-01-16 Thread j.urban
select *,DATE_FORMAT(datecolumn,'%M %D %Y'); On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Mike Podlesny wrote: Thanks for your help but that unfortunately doesn't answer the question, unless I am looking at it wrong. I want the sql statement to read something to the affect: SELECT * FROM Table * is