year as a Column Name in a MySQL Table
Hi, I've got an easy question. Is it okay to name a column in a mysql table 'year'? Any reason not to? Thanks, -Laxmidi ...
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Geolocation SQL query not finding exact location
I have been testing my geolocation query for some time now and I haven't found any issues with it until now. I am trying to search for all cities within a given radius, often times I'm searching for cities surrounding a city using that city's coords, but recently I tried searching around a city and found that the city itself was not re...
limiting consecutive values of one column in a sql query.
I have a table with the following structure: id -int(11) event_id -int(11) photo_id -int(11) created_at -datetime How do I write a query that will return the 100 most recent rows, but insuring that there are no more than 4 consecutive rows with the same value in photo_id ...
PHP & MySQL - Array to string conversion error problem.
I keep getting an the following error of Array to string conversion error on this line listed below. How can I fix this problem? $skill = explode('', $_POST['skill']); Here is the PHP & MySQL code. $skill = explode('', $_POST['skill']); $experience = explode('', $_POST['experience']); $years = explode('', $_POST['years']); for ($s =...
Is there a PHP library that performs MySQL Data Validation and Sanitization According to Column Type?
Do you know of any open source library or framework that can perform some basic validation and escaping functionality for a MySQL Db. i envisage something along the lines of: //give it something to perform the quote() quoteInto() methods $lib->setSanitizor($MyZend_DBAdaptor); //tell it structure of the table - colnames/coltypes/ etc ...
A couple PHP/MySQL questions...
I am a college student taking a course in php and mysql progamming and my first question is about the "$variable" variables in the following code: <?php ob_start(); ?> <?php session_start(); if ($_SESSION['auth'] != "true") { header("Location: login.php"); exit; } $uid = $_SESSION['user']; $connection = mysql_connect("localhost",...
Dynamic Form Help for PHP and MySQL
The code below works as far as inserting records from a file into MySQL, but it only does so properly if the columns in the file are already ordered the same way as in the database. I would like for the user to be able to select the drop down the corresponds to each column in their file to match it up with the columns in the database (t...
Best Linux filesystem for MySQL with a 100% SELECT workload
I have a MySQL database that contains millions of rows per table and there are 9 tables in total. The database is fully populated, and all I am doing is reads i.e., there are no INSERTs or UPDATEs. Data is stored in MyISAM tables. Given this scenario, which linux file system would work best? Currently, I have xfs. But, I read somewhere ...
using or in mysql and merging columns
I can select using or with the sql statement select f.userid, f.friend_userid from friends f where userid = 1 or friend_userid = 1; now either userid or friend_userid is returning 1. i want the two columns i.e userid and friend_userid to get merged into a single column without 1 such that only one row is displayed... the output i ...
MySQL UPDATE problem
I know the following MySQL code is not correct can some help me fix this code to use both tables I'm trying to grab the id from learned_skills and skill_id from users_skills for AND skill_id = id Here is the MySQL code. SELECT learned_skills.*, users_skills.* UPDATE learned_skills SET skill = '$skill', experience = '$experience', year...
How to use multiple database in a PHP web application?
I am making a PHP web Application in which i am using MySQL as database server, i want to make backup of some tables from one database to another database(with that tables in it). i have created two different connection, but the table is not updated. $dbcon1 = mysql_connect(DB_SERVER,DB_USER,DB_PASSWORD) or die(mysql_error()); $dbase1 =...
MySQL error problem
I keep getting the error listed below but it only says line 1 what does this mean and how do I fix it? Here is the error I keep getting? You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '1' at line 1 ...
Database frontend for multiple db engines
Hey Stackoverflow, Yeah it's spring and a lot of things happens to me... Also changing some software things at my computer, because suddenly everything seems to be boring after starting my laptop. I even changed my wallpaper!!! Besides I'm looking for a new database frontend and after using google with several queries I didn't find t...
AJAX call in a continuously loop?
Hi, I want to create some kind of AJAX script or call that continuously will check a MySQL database if any new messages has arrived. When there is a new message in the database, the AJAX script should invoke a kind of alert box or message box. I’m not quite a AJAX expert (yet anyway) and have Googled around to find a solution but I’m h...
MySQL split value from one field to two
I've got a table field membername which contains both the last name and the first name of users. Is it possible to split those into 2 fields memberfirst, memberlast? All the records have this format "Firstname Lastname" (without quotes and a space in between). ...
How to load the rest of the data in mysql in php
I have trouble figuring out how do I load the rest of the data in html. Here is my code: <?php $con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","nitoryolai123$%^"); if (!$con) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); } mysql_select_db("school", $con); $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM student WHERE IDNO='$_GET['id']'"); ...
do's and don'ts for writing mysql queries
One thing I always wonder while writing query is that am I writing most optimized query or not? I know certain things like: 1) using SELECT field1, filed2 instead of SELECT * 2) Giving proper indexes to the tables but I am sure there are more things that should be kept in mind for writing queries, since most of the database can only ...
Request for comments: Ruby script that counts the length of a MySQL table name
Hi, I'm new at ruby and I would like to ask you guys if there's something that could improve my Ruby code. Here's my script: #!/usr/bin/ruby -w require 'mysql' dbh = Mysql.real_connect('localhost', 'db_user', 'password', 'db_table') tables = dbh.query('show tables') tables.each do |table| puts "#{table}" + " (" + "#{table}".length...
Missing parameter error after running MySql query
Hello, I'm completely new to MySql and haven't used SqlDataSource with UpdateParameters before, so I'm probably missing something very obvious. When trying to update a record, the update does happen but then throws an error saying "'id' parameter is missing at the statement". So the query works and the database gets updated as it shoul...
mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource problem
I don't get it, I see no mistakes in this code but there is this error, please help: mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource problem <?php $con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","nitoryolai123$%^"); if (!$con) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); } mysql_select_db("school", $con...