seeing I cannot send the whole file...

2001-01-28 Thread Daniel Clark
I think I have stuffed up the installation of the MySQL thing. I am trying to get it installed onto a Debian box and am not having alot of luck :o| http://www.scanners.8m.com/config.html Any help would be appreciated, Cheers Dan Clark Information Systems System Support HealthCare Otago 5046

Re: Simple query help

2003-08-29 Thread Daniel Clark
select value from tableName where date in (select max(date) from tableName where id = 4); But, it doesn't work with mysql 4.0. Any ideas? Does anybody had this problem before? What about: SELECT value, date FROM tablename WHERE id = 4 ORDER BY date ASC Just pick the first row. --

Re: Need help constructing query ...

2003-10-21 Thread Daniel Clark
Hi, I have a table full of logged urls and ip addresses. The following query returns all the urls and the number of requests. How would I modify it to return unique requests based on distinct ip addresses? select url, count(*) as pageviews from table group by url order by pageviews desc

Re: Notifying User when DB is Updated via browser

2004-06-14 Thread Daniel Clark
How about an HTML meta tag refresh set at 20 minutes. This may be slightly off-topic, apologies if so but I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. I'm currently storing applications from a web site into our mysql DB, our client has a web-based backoffice. He has to

Re: MySQL vs Oracle

2004-06-16 Thread Daniel Clark
10 seconds !?Unless that query is huge and without indexes, it should run MUCH quicker. I'm using Oracle 8.0.5 and MySQL 4.1.1a I'm not optimizing Oracle nor MySQL, because I don't want future users messing with optimizations. I access through JDBC drivers. Oracle usually needs 10

Re: Learning PHP/MySQL

2004-06-16 Thread Daniel Clark
I like the web site www.phpbuilder.com ... lots of great articles. Hi All, Can someone recommend a good book for learning PHP/MySQL? TIA, Kay -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MySQL Installation Problem

2004-06-17 Thread Daniel Clark
After the phpmyadmin login I got the same error. In the phpmyadmin config files I had to set the local IP address that phpmyadmin was on. Dear Michael, I want to use PHP, Apache, mySQL and phpMyAdmin for evaluation but I m not able to get this rite. I am trying to instal MySQL with

Re: Update problem

2004-06-17 Thread Daniel Clark
echo $updatequery to screen and see what the sql looks like. I am trying to update a table from results generated from a select query, but can't seem to get the queries running right. The select query works fine, but when I try to use the results for an update it error out. Here is my

Re: Erro on Query

2004-06-17 Thread Daniel Clark
Try back ticks around it. `DESC' Dear Friends. when Creating the follow table CREATE TABLE CONHEC_DBF (CON CHAR (7) , SER CHAR (2) , NUMNF CHAR (8) , SERNF CHAR (2) , LOJA CHAR (2) , PAIDF CHAR (12) , QUANT REAL (6,0) , NOP CHAR (10) , TRAN CHAR (4) ,

Re: Returning where COUNT 5

2004-06-21 Thread Daniel Clark
With a join and group by I think you have HAVING. Hi all how to do this in MySQL? Returning only records with COUNT 5? SELECT `groups`.`groupsDescr`, `roles`.`roles_Agroup`, `roles`.`rolesDescr`, COUNT(`roles`.`rolesDescr`) AS TOTAL FROM `roles` INNER JOIN `groups_roles` ON

Re: Query Problems

2004-02-25 Thread Daniel Clark
Do you have separate indexes on: Table1.ID Table2.ID Table1.Field1 Table2.Field1 Table1.Field1 Table1.Field2 Select* FROM Table1 as a INNER JOIN Table2 as b ON (a.ID = b.ID or (a.Field1 = b.Field1 and a.Field2 = b.Field2)) WHERE bla bla bla We have

Re: Query Problems

2004-02-25 Thread Daniel Clark
to go. I'll try this, though. Eric At 10:36 AM 2/25/2004 -0800, Daniel Clark wrote: Do you have separate indexes on: Table1.ID Table2.ID Table1.Field1 Table2.Field1 Table1.Field1 Table1.Field2 Select* FROM Table1 as a INNER JOIN Table2 as b

Re: Changing the primary key

2004-03-03 Thread Daniel Clark
You can ALTER TABLE http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ALTER_TABLE.html I´'m new with mysql and have following question: I have a table, that has a primary key with two columns and want to add a third column to this primary key. Is this possible and when yes: Do I have to delete all tables, that

Re: Using PHP to copy tables

2004-04-08 Thread Daniel Clark
Sound like a great idea! Is there an easy way to create an HTML page that will copy selected tables to backup copies on the same server? I want to create an administration page for my client to be able to backup their database whenever they see fit. But, I can't give them direct access to

RE: Error ?

2004-04-15 Thread Daniel Clark
Sounds to me like it doesn't the the alias name T2 but might need the full table name. Hi, Can anyone give me a hint to what this error message is trying to say. Thanks, Justin Palmer -Original Message- From: Justin Palmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 15,

Re: Randomly selecting from table

2004-04-20 Thread Daniel Clark
Guess you could use the rand() function and look for a matching row id!?! Is it possible to randomly select from all entries in a table, but have it be 2 different ones each time? If so, what documentation should I be looking at? I am using PHP and MySQL together, if this helps. Thanks,

Re: Last Record Pulling my hair out :D

2004-04-22 Thread Daniel Clark
Think you want: Select max(job_id) from job_log_2004 I'm trying to select the last record (row) in a db. I'm trying with a select: Select * from job_log_2004 where job_log_2004.JobID = (select max(job_log_2004.JobID) from job_log_2004) and it fails. The part about select max works and

Re: Order by price?

2004-04-29 Thread Daniel Clark
I think when adding the $ the number gets convert to a string. And then the query orders it by alpha numberic. I'm having trouble with this query: SELECT CONCAT('$',ROUND(($varA*(establishments^2)+$varB*(establishments)+$varC),2)) as price FROM table ORDER BY price A note first. The column

Re: Database structure

2004-04-30 Thread Daniel Clark
I used to program for a medical tester. I used method 2: 2 - a table with 60 rows for one assessment : results(#assessment_nr, labtest_nr, p, d) where p and d are my two results. The BIG advantage was changes to the tests, adding new ones, or deleting fields. Made it much more flexible.

Re: urban myth?

2004-05-03 Thread Daniel Clark
Yes it is a myth. The records will come back in the same order IF there have been not inserts and deletes. Depends on the database product to. My boss says that if you do a select statement against a table the result set always comes back in the same order. I say that this is a myth and

Re: Need correct 'order by' syntax where field does not contain NULL

2004-05-03 Thread Daniel Clark
select * from navigation WHERE id = '.$category.' AND active='y' AND order IS NOT null ORDER BY order, title Hi. I had a MySQL DB set up and recently added a field 'order' to allow for exceptions in a web site menu heirarchy. Fields should be ordered by 'order' field first where it does not

Re: INSERT INTO dropping slashes from strings

2004-05-04 Thread Daniel Clark
I think you want chr(39) (single quote). Every time I think I've got it, I am reminded thatI don't got it. Hello all, once again! Can anyone tell me why the following takes place? In my VB app I am adding records to the table Jobs with this code (trimmed way down - my actual INSERT

Re: INSERT INTO dropping slashes from strings

2004-05-04 Thread Daniel Clark
erroneous string. Using the ascii-code equivalent (Chr(34) does the same. It's just soodd!! Daniel Clark wrote: I think you want chr(39) (single quote). -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: INSERT INTO dropping slashes from strings

2004-05-04 Thread Daniel Clark
How about: (I reversed on set of quotes) sqlstr = INSERT INTO Jobs VALUES(' txtSceneFile ') Err...what I meant to say here was ascii code equivalent (chr(39) (I tried single *and* double quotes). Sorry about that. Steve Pugh wrote: Hi Daniel, I tried that to no avail (I had actually

Re: INSERT INTO dropping slashes from strings

2004-05-04 Thread Daniel Clark
Hum. I've never tried inserting without the field names. Serves me right to type this stuff instead of copying/pasting - my previous post was indeed wrong but also wasn't the exact code I used (yours was, with the single quote embedded in the doubles). It's been a very dyslexic week for me.

Re: Range query on datetime with index - any optimization?

2004-05-05 Thread Daniel Clark
I wonder if mysql isn't trying to process where GMTBase DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 2 DAY) What about doing this date subtracting in PHP and adding the result to the SQL statement. Hello folks, I'm usinng MySQL 4.0.17. I have a table something like: RuleID int, GMTBase datetime,

Re: Use of AVG in where clause

2004-05-05 Thread Daniel Clark
I believe you have to add your AVG() to your GROUP BY clause. I have a sql query as follows: ** SELECT DB_ESTABLISHMENT_NAME, AVG(DB_GRADE) FROM ESTABLISHMENTS ES LEFT OUTER JOIN GRADES GR ON ES.DB_ESTABLISHMENT_ID=GR.DB_ESTABLISHMENT_ID WHERE

Re: AVG function in order by clause

2004-05-05 Thread Daniel Clark
In Oracle you can reference the second field AVG() by the field #. ORDER BY 2 Thanks a lot for the replies. I have changed the query as follows: ** SELECT DB_ESTABLISHMENT_NAME, AVG(DB_GRADE) FROM ESTABLISHMENTS ES LEFT OUTER JOIN GRADES GR ON

Re: Problem with a Select Query

2004-05-06 Thread Daniel Clark
SELECT user_id, rep_nurse_1, rep_nurse_2 FROM Users WHERE User_ID = 'x' I have a problem with a SELECT query. I have a users table and each user can be a Rep, Nurse or Administrator defined by User_Type. Each Rep has two Nurses allocated to them and the User_ID of the nurse is held in column

Re: WHERE pk1 AND pk2 returns 0 records

2004-05-17 Thread Daniel Clark
Possibly two rows? Can you change the where clause? WHERE CartID=999 OR ProdID=333 I have a simple query: SELECT * FROM cart WHERE CartID=999 AND ProdID=333 The primary key is made of both CartID and ProdID, both integers. The query will not return the record in question This returns

Re: Optimizing Queries (specifically with LIMIT)

2004-05-29 Thread Daniel Clark
I don't see how LIMIT would make a difference. LAST_INSERT_ID() only returns one record. But it's worth trying in a big loop to get timing numbers. I have a rather simple straightforward question that I was not able to find in any of the documentation. I am in the process of writing an

Re: Optimizing Queries (specifically with LIMIT)

2004-05-30 Thread Daniel Clark
I found it interesting. Thanks Eric. (reconstructed from archives i accidentally deleted the copy in my mailbox Daniel Clark writes: I don't see how LIMIT would make a difference. LAST_INSERT_ID() only returns one record. But it's worth trying in a big loop to get timing numbers. Well, I

Re: Completely Stumped - phpMyAdmin config

2004-06-02 Thread Daniel Clark
I remember something setting mine up. The phpMyAdmin.ini (I think) had to have the correct IP address of the machine/database it was running on. My machines internal address was 192.168.2.100, but the INI setting had to be the outside resolved IP 24.16.xx.xx if running it from outside. Hello:

Re: RV: Select data from two different databases

2004-06-02 Thread Daniel Clark
Yes Local. SELECT databasename.tablename.columnname Hi, two questions: Is it possible to select data from different Databases on the same server? Is it possible to select data from different Databases on Different servers across the network? I searched for information on how to do it,

Re: Where do exported SQL files go?

2004-06-02 Thread Daniel Clark
Using phpmyadmin, when I select Export, and click the checkbox Save as File, it prompts where for where and what file name. I'm trying to figure out how to get my MySQL databases online. Someone told me to EXPORT my databases as SQL files, then go into my online websites's phpMyAdmin program

Re: Asterisks in Integer Columns

2004-06-06 Thread Daniel Clark
One simple option would be to add a footnote column. And add in your code, if footnote column is NOT NULL then add a * on to population and show footnote at the bottom. population footnote 100 null 200*yada yada Suppose I have several columns of numberals -