http://www.sagewire.org/Blogs and forums for Java, PHP, MySQL, and more.enhttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Advice-wanted-on-backing-up-large-databases-1998067.aspxHi First off what I'm trying to do is export my mysql database to a file on my server, preferably with an option of emailing it in compressed format. I have tried quite a few mysql database backup programs, all of which work on a small test database but all fail when trying to export an 10Mb+ database. I get an the message 'Internal Server Error, this is an error with your script, check your error log for more information.' My servers error log is always empty. I assumed the problem was a...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Advice-wanted-on-backing-up-large-databases-1998067.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSat, 27 Oct 2007 06:56:37 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/How-to-delete-rn-after-using-Navicat-in-phpmyadmin-1991213.aspxI have converted a xml-file to mysql with Navicat but the problem with the xml-file was that the end of line code was not changed before I used Navaicat so I had to look for it manually and change it in there but in Firebug I still saw this code \r\n. I have been told that this \r\n is characters 13,10 (CR, LF) and is the standard DOS sequence for end-of-line. Now when I try to geocode the adresses from phpmyadmin I got problems and now I need help to search for this code and del...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/How-to-delete-rn-after-using-Navicat-in-phpmyadmin-1991213.aspxrss@sagewire.orgMon, 22 Oct 2007 17:55:24 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/problems-importing-tables-1983942.aspxhello I'm a newbie to sql, and i'm having problems importing tables that I have exported from another databases. The problem is that I cannot export the db dump, instead I just the chance to export table by table through the hosting control pannel. Then I went to the new hosting server through php MyAdmin and tried to import table by table and it give errors. Here is an example of an error: Error There is a chance that you may have found a bug in the SQL parser. Please examine ...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/problems-importing-tables-1983942.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSun, 21 Oct 2007 01:58:36 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Slow-results-1963472.aspxHi there First off sorry if this is a long posting but I need to give all the facts in the hope to get an answer. 2 Years ago I did a site for a client to track online orders and run reports. One of the main reports is now going so slow it's of no use to anybody. I am the first to admit that I am not the best PHP and MySQL coder so I may be missing something here or I may have just met the limit of MySQL, all scripts and DBs are on a modem new dedicated server. The 2 main tables are...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Slow-results-1963472.aspxrss@sagewire.orgMon, 15 Oct 2007 17:02:36 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Whats-wrong-with-this-1974614.aspxI need to find out whos birthdays land today. The DOB is stored in a standard Unix timestamp. I'm trying to use the following but it throws up a syntax error. SELECT numberx FROM member WHERE date('d m',dob)=date('d m',time()) Where am I going wrong?http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Whats-wrong-with-this-1974614.aspxrss@sagewire.orgFri, 12 Oct 2007 14:15:25 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Ignore-track-1961882.aspxI have an admin page where auth'd users upload a csv file for insertion of email addresses into a unique field in a mySQL DB. Using "INSERT IGNORE" how do I track the occurence of an ignore? I'd like to print a message saying something like "X email addresses were duplicates and weren't inserted into the DB." I believe ignore are written to binary log file. Is there a way to track these writes to the log file for output to a php error message? TIA Matt Mikahttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Ignore-track-1961882.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 04 Oct 2007 15:30:22 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/import-export-between-servers-1940455.aspxHi all! I hope someone can help me with this... :) I am again moving a site to another server and I am again amazed how low the script limitations are (upload file size), how cr***y the consoles are and how unnerving the whole process is. It has taken me 3 hours just to move the DB and I have just now noticed that the codepage is invalid - even though I have specified it correctly in phpMyAdmin. Let's start again... :( So the idea is - why not write two PHP scripts, one for the sour...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/import-export-between-servers-1940455.aspxrss@sagewire.orgWed, 03 Oct 2007 18:02:43 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Count-across-tables-1945079.aspxI have got a few different tables that track video game consoles people use in their profile. The tables are below. I'm trying to do two counts/sorts and display them properly. (1) sort the fields by country (2) In each country, display the number consoles owned by members sorted by brand and model. So it should output like this: country, brand name, model number, number of owners US, microsoft, xbox1, 5432 US, sony, playstation1, 4345 US, sony, playstation2, 5456 Mexico, microsoft...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Count-across-tables-1945079.aspxrss@sagewire.orgTue, 02 Oct 2007 10:13:46 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/How-to-select-fields-form-two-tables-where-one-1957855.aspxI have a problem - I need to select fields from two tables, where field form table1 contains text + table2.id + text. I have table reservations which has clients field. clients contains client's id (taken from table2) with client's options. It's syntax is like |61=[49!130]&[50!15]|62=[49!130]&[50!15]| where each |client.id=[option.id!value]&[option.id!value]| the problem is that I need to secect specific reservation which contains a client's data within one select statement. So,...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/How-to-select-fields-form-two-tables-where-one-1957855.aspxrss@sagewire.orgMon, 01 Oct 2007 16:46:06 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Whats-the-most-portable-way-to-identify-field-exis-1945720.aspxThats field not table - I just want to see if a particular field exists in a specified table and for the method to work reliably on as many mySQL versions as possible. Obviously the most efficient'd be best - I can not see anything in the mySQL docs to do this. Did I miss it? thanks. Tom.http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Whats-the-most-portable-way-to-identify-field-exis-1945720.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 27 Sep 2007 10:26:51 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Compare-every-word-in-paragraph-with-every-row-in-1948037.aspxMy problem is I want to compare every word in large paragraph with every row in database.But this technique use to much process and slow down query performance.e.g. My paragraph: "This is my very very large paragraph" My table in MySQL contains this keyword : book ------------ this ------------ hello ------------ car ------------ very ------------ So first I'll compare the word 'This' with data in every row (book,this,hello,car,very) then following by word 'is','my',.. ...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Compare-every-word-in-paragraph-with-every-row-in-1948037.aspxrss@sagewire.orgWed, 26 Sep 2007 17:21:06 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/SQL-question-and-query-result-1941340.aspxI am new to this SQL. Can someone answer this question for me? 1. Given the following schema of an employees table:*employees (* * empid integer primary key, -- employee id number* * dept string, -- the employee's department number* * salary float, -- salary of the employee* * mgrid integer -- employee id number of employee's manager* *)*Write the query (or queries if necessary) needed to count the number of employees i...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/SQL-question-and-query-result-1941340.aspxrss@sagewire.orgFri, 21 Sep 2007 10:59:41 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/help-with-dbhost-1940582.aspxHello: I have inherited a system for which I not only need to maintain php code, but also server as the system administrator. I need to run some blog software and I need to know how to discover what my db_host is set to or how to set my db_host. The software requires this in order to run. This is an absurdly fundamental question, but I am stuck with it. I have not had much luck finding this via the mysql documentation on the the website.thanx Danhttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/help-with-dbhost-1940582.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 20 Sep 2007 15:52:33 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/php5-mysql50-win-problems-1931969.aspxI have problem with my php/sql code because id (auto inc., primary) row. ( $sql = "INSERT INTO ".$_CONF['tprefix']."schedule_scores VALUES "; $sql .= "('NULL','$newdate','$newtime','$newlocation','$team1_id',"; $sql .= "'$team2_id','$team1_div','$team2_div','$newteam1_score','$newteam2_score',"; $sql .= "'$newseason','','','','','','1')"; ) this is code and I done this ( $sql = "INSERT INTO ".$_CONF['tprefix']."schedule_scores (date, time, location, ...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/php5-mysql50-win-problems-1931969.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSun, 16 Sep 2007 14:38:29 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/sessionstart-problem-in-php5-1933757.aspxSome of my php files start with [code]<?php session_start(); ?>[/code] Up to recently this was no problem. Recently my provider upgraded from php4 to php5. From then I get this message: Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 522 isn't allowed to access owned by uid 0 in (...path..)/starttest.php on line 1 Fatal error: session_start() [[code]<a href='function.session-start'>[/code]function.session-start[code]</a>[/cod...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/sessionstart-problem-in-php5-1933757.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSun, 16 Sep 2007 08:32:52 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Unique-constraint-for-the-columns-doesnt-work-when-1931645.aspxI have a table with a unique constraint on two integer columns. Works fine, but one of the two columns can be null and then the constraint doesn't work. 1 2 : OK 1 3 : OK 1 2 : error 2 null : OK 2 null : OK -> I want this to result in an error Pugi!http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Unique-constraint-for-the-columns-doesnt-work-when-1931645.aspxrss@sagewire.orgFri, 14 Sep 2007 15:11:48 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Problem-Getting-MS-SQL-Data-With-Single-Quotes-1930909.aspxI'm having difficulty getting data out of Microsoft SQL Server via a PHP database call. When I look in the database, it crashes on the line where there is a single quote in the database. I have seen several articles about addslashes/stripslashes and str_replace for Microsoft SQL. Had the data been put in the right way, there'd be no problem. Or, if I had rights to use UPDATE/SET to modify all lines with single quotes, again there'd be no problem. The problem is there is no way for me to...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Problem-Getting-MS-SQL-Data-With-Single-Quotes-1930909.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 13 Sep 2007 19:39:03 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/SQL-Query-Problem-1924578.aspxHi, I am having a problem with a search. Below is the code: $colname_rs_product = "-1"; if (isset($_GET['search'])) { $colname_rs_product = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_GET['search'] : addslashes($_GET['search']); } $colname2_rs_product = "-1"; if (isset($_GET['search'])) { $colname2_rs_product = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_GET['search'] : addslashes($_GET['search']); } mysql_select_db($database_conn_nav, $conn_nav); $query_rs_product = sprintf("SELECT * FROM tblProducts...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/SQL-Query-Problem-1924578.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 13 Sep 2007 12:38:43 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Counting-problem-with-Query-1928400.aspxHere's the problem: I have meeting minutes that need to be paged through via my website. I have created a developer server on my local machine and when I run the PHP code against the MySQL table that I imported from my ISP's website everything works fine. However, when I upload the PHP pages to the ISP's server everything connects but it does not page through anymore. It just sits on the latest created page. I click the previous button and it shows it reading but nothing happe...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Counting-problem-with-Query-1928400.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 13 Sep 2007 10:50:59 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Learning-MySQL-1919378.aspxI'm new to the world of programming and all, what I'd like to know is how to create MySQL databases and resources that'd help an aspiring programmer like myself at getting the hang of the whole world of MySQL, I love the idea of writing dynamic websites and such are ther like editors for MySQL databases? I am like totally cluelesshttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Learning-MySQL-1919378.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSun, 09 Sep 2007 20:27:49 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/problem-saving-an-excel-file-1924474.aspxi have a php script to convert a simple query into an excel format file (tab delimited) which is called mysql-to-excel. on the author's website when I click on the script I download an xls file, but when I do the same on my server it just echos back the query without saving a file. any ideas. here is the script: [code]<?php include 'config.php'; include 'opendb.php'; $query = "SELECT * FROM information ORDER BY lastname"; $result = mysql_query($query) or die('Error, query failed');...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/problem-saving-an-excel-file-1924474.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSun, 09 Sep 2007 16:22:25 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/search-script-problem-1909422.aspxI have written my first search script and I have 2 problems. First, I'm getting duplicate results because I have identical questions related to different topic_id's (aka categories). Second, if a search term is not found, it's not displaying the "No search results" text on the last line. Any help would be greatly appreciated. [code]<?php $searchTerms = $_POST['search_term']; $searchSection = $_POST['search_type']; if($searchSection == 1) { require_once 'db_connector.php'; ...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/search-script-problem-1909422.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSun, 09 Sep 2007 13:33:17 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Error-with-in-SQL-1916277.aspxI have started using the new mysql_* extensions. Here is the code I am trying to run: $temp2 = "SELECT * FROM assignments2 WHERE daydue < '247' && progress != '100'"; $temp2 = mysqli_query($mysqli,$temp2) or die(mysqli_error($mysqli)); $temp2 = mysqli_fetch_array($temp2) or die(mysqli_error($mysqli)); This query does not work (though it throws no errors). Only when I change the "<" to "<=" does the script work. Why does not the less than operator work?http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Error-with-in-SQL-1916277.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 06 Sep 2007 08:42:36 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/ADOdb-wMySQL-1918876.aspxA few years back I did a little piece using PHP/MySQL (just before the days of register globals being turned off). I am aware of mysql escape string but understand that ADOdb is the preferred solution nowadays. How can I test if a host supports ADOdb for MySQL? I can not see anything in phpinfo and I am wary of picking up outdated information from Google. (a bit like still finding PHP scripts that depend on register globals being ON).Thanks in advance.http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/ADOdb-wMySQL-1918876.aspxrss@sagewire.orgWed, 05 Sep 2007 01:23:03 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/simple-query-question-1915713.aspxHi all, I have got a php function which asks mysql the following question... "select * from data where id='$id' and parent='$parent' and node='$node'" Now, I do not need to "select *", because the function is simply supposed to return true if the data exists in the database, so how do I get the query to return true if the data exists, and false if it does not. Thanks, Tony.http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/simple-query-question-1915713.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSun, 02 Sep 2007 06:50:58 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Probleme-mysqlconnect-Connaissez-1912188.aspxParis, Le 30 08 MMVII, Hi, I have a problem : MYSQL from one server and PHP on another server. In other words, On server A, I have my PHP files, and on server B, I have MySQL installed. Localhost is fine, but an I.P. as a host lead to an error : Warning: mysql_connect(): can not connect to MySQL server on '207 Here is what I got : 1) CONFIG.PHP $dbtype = "mysql"; ##Defines Database type $dbhost = "207.36.15.13:3306"; ##Your host $dbuname = "maincontheaderbox"; ##Da...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Probleme-mysqlconnect-Connaissez-1912188.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 30 Aug 2007 12:28:08 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/mysqlconnect-Here-OUTSIDE-connection-1912068.aspxParis, Le 30 08 MMVII, Hi, I have a problem to connect to MYSQL from one server to another server. In other words, On server A, I have my PHP files, and on server B, I have MySQL installed. Localhost is fine, but an I.P. as a host lead to an error : Warning: mysql_connect(): can not connect to MySQL server on '207 Here is what I got : 1) CONFIG.PHP $dbtype = "mysql"; ##Defines Database type $dbhost = "207.36.15.13:3306"; ##Your host $dbuname = "maincontheaderbox";...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/mysqlconnect-Here-OUTSIDE-connection-1912068.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 30 Aug 2007 10:26:25 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Finding-Acutee-1909547.aspxHi, Does anyone know how to query a varchar field to bring back any records containing an acute-e - that's the "é" The table is set to Colldation: latin1_swedish_ci I have tried a number of things but nothing seem to work - it seem to return records that contain any type of e. Thanks, SteveKhttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Finding-Acutee-1909547.aspxrss@sagewire.orgTue, 28 Aug 2007 09:46:07 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Format-datetime-with-query-1903904.aspxIs there a way to format datetime (2007-08-23 07:00:00) into something like Aug. 23rd, 2007 7am within a query? A little explanation. This is an events table that is queried from a PHP class triggered from flash via AMFPHP, the mysql result is then sent back to Flash. I plan of having php forms to add, edit and delete entries in this table so was thinking I could just have a datetime field and a format_date field that'd get a formatted version of the datetime when inserted or updated...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Format-datetime-with-query-1903904.aspxrss@sagewire.orgFri, 24 Aug 2007 17:46:00 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/MAXIMUM-LENGTH-OF-LONGTEXT-FIELD-1904794.aspxHi all Have been to the MySQL help pages trying to find out how many characters (Latin set) I can load into a LONGTEXT field. It tells me: L characters + 4 bytes, where L [code]< 232 Which I am afraid to say means nothing to me as a newbie user. So, in plain english, how many normal characters/words will the field accept and does a very long entry slow the search down if the search is on other fields and not the LONGTEXT field? While I am here, a couple more questions please. 1....http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/MAXIMUM-LENGTH-OF-LONGTEXT-FIELD-1904794.aspxrss@sagewire.orgFri, 24 Aug 2007 16:27:16 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Unique-Image-Query-1902824.aspxHi, I am having trouble achieving the outcome I am looking for with a mysql query. The query below pulls information from two tables: profile_images and name_list. It pulls 6 random images where the name_list.id matches the profile_images.vref but also checks that the 'class' field from name_list is equal to '5'. $index_thumbs = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT * FROM profile_images, name_list WHERE profile_images.vref = name_list.id AND name_list.class = '5' OR...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Unique-Image-Query-1902824.aspxrss@sagewire.orgFri, 24 Aug 2007 01:41:47 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/href-in-mysql-databse-1900941.aspxI have a html link in a mysql database field that is getting queried using PHP. My problem is when the page is rendered, the link displays the html not an actual clickable link. Any help'd be greatly appreciated. Thankshttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/href-in-mysql-databse-1900941.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 23 Aug 2007 18:03:09 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/mySql-find-and-replace-1900236.aspxHi there. Am a total newbie to sql language. Does mySql have a find and replace function or can a command be written to perform such a task. In the table I have a column named MEDAL_NAME I wish to change all entries in that colum that contain the words "War Plaque" to "Memorial Plaque" Any pointers gratefully receivedhttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/mySql-find-and-replace-1900236.aspxrss@sagewire.orgTue, 21 Aug 2007 12:27:54 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/output-escaping-problem-1888024.aspxBefore I save input from a form to a database I use (after input filtering) mysql_real_escape_string. This means that blabla 'blabla' ... -> blabbla \'blabla\' ... To display this data from database in browser, I use stripslashes and htmlentities. So far so good. But what if input is for example a location: D:\data\folder\file.exe. Escaped this becomes D:\\data\\folder\ \file.exe No problem here, but how can I display this in a browser again ? Stripslashes removes \ as well as \\, s...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/output-escaping-problem-1888024.aspxrss@sagewire.orgThu, 16 Aug 2007 04:27:30 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Remote-connection-by-proxy-script-1886359.aspxGreetings all. I need to connect remotely to my MySQL database but my hosting won't allow it. I have a couple of apps - PHPmaker and DataImport for MYsql that use a proxy php file in the root directory on my server to 'gain' access. Is there a generic php file that will allow access to the DB from other applications. Am trying to use Excel MySQL Import without success. Thanks in advancehttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Remote-connection-by-proxy-script-1886359.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSat, 11 Aug 2007 20:18:55 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/How-can-write-an-SQL-statement-for-this-situation-1880768.aspxHi, I'm running MySQL 5.0 lon Linux. I have two tables ...PRODUCTS ----------------- ID INTEGER NOT NULL PRICE FLOAT UNSIGNED NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY (ID)CUSTOM_PRICES --------------------------- ID INTEGER NOT NULL PRODUCT_ID INTEGER NOT NULL PRICE FLOAT UNSIGNED NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY (ID) FOREIGN KEY PRODUCT_ID REFERENCES PRODUCTS(ID)The table "CUSTOM_PRICES" will have a subset of products from the products table. What I want to do is update the price in the PRODUCTS table with ...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/How-can-write-an-SQL-statement-for-this-situation-1880768.aspxrss@sagewire.orgTue, 07 Aug 2007 15:53:42 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/phpBB-and-access-to-MySQL-database-1874512.aspxHello there, I'm here for the first time, but the matter is quite important, so I decided to post my question. Excuse any unprofessional language I may use. I have on my server (nazwa.pl) a phpBB forum, but I was not its adminitrator. However, because of some conflict between us, I decided to change the password to MySQL database. But, I actually changed my mind and still want the forum to be there, but with the new password.There comes the question: how to link the forum to th...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/phpBB-and-access-to-MySQL-database-1874512.aspxrss@sagewire.orgFri, 03 Aug 2007 18:23:46 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Unable-to-create-an-additional-user-1870150.aspxI am using mysql 4.1 on a windows environment, and have so far been unable to create a user to use with a particular database, other than the root user I have tried: use database; GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE TO 'username'@xxxxxxxxxxx'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; but I get a 40032 errorhttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Unable-to-create-an-additional-user-1870150.aspxrss@sagewire.orgWed, 01 Aug 2007 20:06:28 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/php-mail-not-working-on-win98-1871363.aspxI am getting this error on win98: Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in I have amended local smtp host in php.ini to that of my isp but getting the same errors I am using php 5, apache 2.0.59 and mysql 4.1, is there a solution to this php mail error in windows?http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/php-mail-not-working-on-win98-1871363.aspxrss@sagewire.orgTue, 31 Jul 2007 17:19:15 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Update-Subquery-Help-1868456.aspxHi there. I'm in need of assistance with an update query. I am doing a data migration for a message board. All went fine except some of the mappings did not cross over. Here is what I need to do: Tables: Thread: threadid, firstpostid, lastpostid Post: postid, threadid, dateline I need to map the first post from post.postid to thread.firstpostid and the last post from post.postid to thread.lastpost id. I can get these values by two queries if I know the threadid First Post = s...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Update-Subquery-Help-1868456.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSun, 29 Jul 2007 14:48:25 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/MYSQL-REORDER-PRIMARY-KEY-1864743.aspxIs there a way to sort all the data in my database such as alphabetical or something, and then once sorted and have all the primary key's redone according to the sorted order? I can sort them how I want, but I do not know if there is a way to rename the primary id key on all the data once sorted. Thanks for any help. zachhttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/MYSQL-REORDER-PRIMARY-KEY-1864743.aspxrss@sagewire.orgWed, 25 Jul 2007 14:05:12 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Dropping-all-tables-in-database-1857460.aspxHi, I'm using php 4.4.4 with MySQL 5.0 on Linux. Short of dropping the database, which my user doesn't have privileges to, what is the simplest way to purge all data from the db? By this I mean not only deleting data from tables but also the tables themselves? Thanks, - Davehttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Dropping-all-tables-in-database-1857460.aspxrss@sagewire.orgWed, 25 Jul 2007 02:35:32 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Newbie-question-about-UNIQUE-MySQL-v5022-1853500.aspxHi all, I need some help... My Example: Field: Bank Account N=BA: 12353545456 Field: Bank Account N=BA: The n=BA must be unique but could be empty also... What is the SQL? It's Possible?Best Regards PiRiCahttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Newbie-question-about-UNIQUE-MySQL-v5022-1853500.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSun, 22 Jul 2007 11:04:50 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/rename-all-tables-in-database-newbie-question-1851280.aspxI'm not very familiar with SQL - Using mySQL I need to add or remove prefixes from table names - can anyone tell me an SQL (or PHP for that matter) way to do this please? I can not seem to find a way to do it. thanks cleohttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/rename-all-tables-in-database-newbie-question-1851280.aspxrss@sagewire.orgWed, 18 Jul 2007 23:06:31 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/mysql-server-41-can-not-connect-no-matter-what-1853348.aspxFor some strange reason mysql server 4.1 won't connect, it use to be for it to work I had to load an init file: C:\mysql\bin\mysqld-nt --init-file=C:\mysql-init.txt containing: SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@xxxxxxxxxxx'localhost' = PASSWORD('password'); and then type on my ms-dos console: [PATH TO MYSQL BINS]/mysqld-nt --skip-grant-tables Then open another command prompt and run 'mysql -u root' and run the following query:UPDATE mysql.user SET Password='newpass' WHERE User='root' AN...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/mysql-server-41-can-not-connect-no-matter-what-1853348.aspxrss@sagewire.orgTue, 17 Jul 2007 17:36:42 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/mysqlfetcharray-yielding-different-results-to-MySQ-1855815.aspxHi, I'm having a problem with a web app I am developing. The code in question is: $sql = "SELECT groupID FROM memberships WHERE userID = ".$uid; $result = mysql_query($sql); $result = mysql_fetch_array($result); print_r($result); Now, print_r($result) displays the following (when $uid = 1): Array ( [0] => 1 [groupID] => 1 ) HOWEVER, that's not what it should be. If I run the same command at the MySQL CLI I get the following: +---------+ | groupID | +---------+ | ...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/mysqlfetcharray-yielding-different-results-to-MySQ-1855815.aspxrss@sagewire.orgTue, 17 Jul 2007 13:30:38 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/MySQL-GROUP-BY-ignoring-ORDER-BY-1853121.aspxHi, I am having two tables (table1, the primary table and table2 which holds data referring to table1) which I am trying to combine with a LEFT JOIN. Now I'd like to retrieve all values from table1 along with the number of their entries in table2, sorted descending by the table2's timestamp however to get the "last". SELECT table1.*, table2.time, COUNT(table2.t1ref) FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table2.t1ref=table1.id GROUP BY table1.id ORDER BY table2.time DE...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/MySQL-GROUP-BY-ignoring-ORDER-BY-1853121.aspxrss@sagewire.orgMon, 16 Jul 2007 18:46:44 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/can-not-get-to-mysql-server-41-directory-on-1853122.aspxI am trying to cd to my MYSQLS¬1 directory on a win98se, but it keeps saying invalid path this is what is in the path I am trying to cd to: MYSQLS~1 1 [code]<DIR>[/code] 01/11/06 13:31 MySQL Server 4.1 C:\Program Files\MySQL>cd MYSQLS~1 Invalid directory Trying C:\Program Files\MySQL>cd MySQL Server 4.1 Too many parameters - Server I do not understand how all of a sudden it does not work anymore, the command above has worked everytime beforehttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/can-not-get-to-mysql-server-41-directory-on-1853122.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSat, 14 Jul 2007 14:01:38 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Newbie-question-about-multiple-databases-1852450.aspxif I have this query: SELECT * FROM books2006, books2007;(books 2006 and 2007 have exactly the same fields.) how can I tell if the data was retrieved from books2006 or books2007 (whitout changing anything in the databases) ? in other words is there any way that along the information that I retrieve from the fields (ex. author, date_published, isbn) that I also get the name of the database from which I retrieved the information? thank you very much, GDhttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/Newbie-question-about-multiple-databases-1852450.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSat, 14 Jul 2007 13:33:23 GMThttp://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/php-upgrade-1846134.aspxhi, before I get started with my problem'd like to say thanks to all the people who keep newsgroups going. I am running WAMP and recently upgrading (after solving a few problems getting the rigth php 5.dll file for apache 2.0 ) I upgraded because of the improved functionality such as the ability to write to arrays using the foreach construct as an example. However there are very few free information resources for these specific updgrade problems. Amongst the few errors I have en...http://www.sagewire.org/php-sql/php-upgrade-1846134.aspxrss@sagewire.orgSat, 14 Jul 2007 08:10:04 GMT