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MySQL Column Value Pivot

I have a MySQL InnoDB table laid out like so: id (int), run_id (int), element_name (varchar), value (text), line_order, column_order `MyDB`.`MyTable` ( `id` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `run_id` int(11) NOT NULL, `element_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `value` text, `line_order` int(11) default NULL, `column_order` int(11) default NUL...

SQL Select syntax error

hi guys thanks for your help yesterday. I am now trying to incorporate the query from yesterday into an existing query so I can show the highest itemcode's reporting group in the existing query..but I have a syntax error somewhere at my Select statement. ERROR: Keyword SELECT not expected. I have tried putting brackets at every possibl...

Transactions in codeigniter with multiple tables.

Hey SO, I'm new to transactions in general, but especially with CodeIgniter. I'm using InnoDB and everything, but my transactions aren't rolling back when I want them to. Here's my code (slightly simplified). $dog_db = $this->load->database('dog', true); $dog_db->trans_begin(); $dog_id = $this->do...

Rolling Back a Transaction with MySQL Connector in VB.net

Hey all- I have one multi-row INSERT statement (300 or so sets of values) that I would like to commit to the MySQL database in an all-or-nothing fashion. insert into table VALUES (1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9); In some cases, a set of values in the command will not meet the criteria of the table (duplicate key, for example). When...

How to compare a string with an option value

I have this html form which has options: <tr> <td width="30" height="35"><font size="3">*List:</td> <td width="30"><input name="specific" type="text" id="specific" maxlength="25" value=""> </td> <td><font size="3">*By:</td> <td> <select name="general" id="general"> <font size="3"> <option value="YEAR">Year</option> ...

SQL Like question

Is there a way to reverse the SQL Like operator so it searches a field backwards? For example, I have a value in a field that looks like this "Xbox 360 Video Game". If I write a query like below, it returns the result fine. SELECT id FROM table WHERE title like "%Xbox%Game%" However, when I search like this, it doesn't find any resu...

Identifying which value of a multi-row inserts fails foreign key constraint

I have a multi-row insert that looks something like: insert into table VALUES (1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9); Assume the first attribute (1, 4, 7) is a foreign key to another table and assume that this referenced table does not have the value '4'. A MySQLExeption is thrown with error code 1452. EXCEPTION: Cannot add or update a ch...

Database - Designing an "Events" Table

After reading the tips from this great Nettuts+ article I've come up with a table schema that would separate highly volatile data from other tables subjected to heavy reads and at the same time lower the number of tables needed in the whole database schema, however I'm not sure if this is a good idea since it doesn't follow the rules of ...

MySQL stuck on "using filesort" when doing an "order by"

I can't seem to get my query to stop using filesort. This is my query: SELECT s.`pilot`, p.`name`, s.`sector`, s.`hull` FROM `pilots` p LEFT JOIN `ships` s ON ( (s.`game` = p.`game`) AND (s.`pilot` = p.`id`) ) WHERE p.`game` = 1 AND p.`id` <> 2 AND s.`sector` = 43 AND s.`hull` > 0 ORDER BY p.`last_move` DESC Table struc...

Designing a game database

I'm trying to design a database to record game histories for a game I'm working on. I have 3 different tables: users, gamehistories, and gamescores. Columns for tables: users: uid, displayname, email gamehistories: gid, pubID, start (datetime), end (datetime) gamescores: gid, uid, score I am trying to produce the following result...

Is it possible to keep mysql migration running without keeping connection open?

ALTER TABLE can easily take a few days - and during this time there's a non-negligible chance of connection getting terminated due to network problems. Is it possible to start ALTER TABLE (or CREATE TABLE ... SELECT ...; or some other very long running query) and leave it running without keeping connection open all the time? (the obviou...

How to get the answers version and use it in IF loop

delimiter // DROP PROCEDURE `getData`// CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `getData`(IN templateName VARCHAR(45),IN templateVersion VARCHAR(45),IN userId VARCHAR(45)) BEGIN set @version = CONCAT("SELECT `saveOEMsData_answersVersion` FROM `saveOEMsData` WHERE `saveOEMsData_templateName` = '",templateName,"' AND `saveOEMsData_...

Scalable way of doing self join with many to many table

I have a table structure like the following: user id name profile_stat id name profile_stat_value id name user_profile user_id profile_stat_id profile_stat_value_id My question is: How do I evaluate a query where I want to find all users with profile_stat_id and profile_stat_value_id for many stats? I've tried ...

How to change the JSON output format and how to support chinese character?

Currently I using the following code to get my JSON output from MySQL. <?php $session = mysql_connect('localhost','name','pass'); mysql_select_db('dbname', $session); $result= mysql_query('SELECT message FROM posts', $session); $somethings = array(); while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { $somethings[] = $row;...

How to get date format in result set?

I have a sql to get data form mysql their I used dateformat to convert date required format Here is the sql SELECT m.id, m.subject, m.body, m.read, m.hide, m.thread_id, DATE_FORMAT(m.sent_date, '%d-%b-%Y') sent_date, u.username to_name FROM messages m, users u WHERE u.school_id = m.school_id AND u.id = m.to_user_id AND ...

PHP/mySQL - using result from 'CONCAT' and 'AS' in 'LIKE' clause

Hi I have the following code; if( ! empty( $post['search-bar'] ) ) { $search_data = preg_replace("#\s\s#is", '', preg_replace("#[^\w\d\s+]#is", '', $post['search-bar'] ) ); $data_array = explode( " ", $search_data ); $data_array = "'%" . implode( "%' OR '%", $data_array ) . "%'"; $query = " SELECT CONCAT( PROFILE_PROFF...

MySQL: Difference between ', `, ´ and "

When seeing SQL code on the internet and in manuals there seems to vary a lot what is used to signify strings (or at least that's what I think they do?). Are there any difference between using `, ´, ' or "? Are they all the same? Or do some of them have special meanings? Should some be used in certain cases and others in other cases? Wh...

in c# how would one escape a break in quotes

i am trying to database some files on my computer with mysql in c#, its having an issue with VALUES ('drum'n'bass') ...

SQL SELECT: "Give me all documents where all of the documents procedures are 'work in progress'"

This one really has me stumped. I have a documents table which hold info about the documents, and a procedures table, which is kind of like a revisions table for each document. What I need to do is write a select statement which gives me all of the documents where all of the procedures have the status "work_in_progress". Here's an exa...

The Select query I am using is not working.. Can Somebody Guide me to the Correct way?

I am using the Select query as SELECT id, ordering FROM `jos_menu` WHERE ordering='".$rec['ordering'] -'1' ."' AND parent = '0' Here I need all the records whose ordering is less than 1 of the selected record's order($rec['ordering'] = getting from other select query ) when I am trying to echo the query I am not getting complete stat...