[nycphp-talk] OT - MySQL select question
Aaron Fischer
agfische at email.smith.edu
Thu Dec 7 12:00:41 EST 2006
I did a mysql_get_server_info and it returns as 3.23.58, so I guess
that's why Andy's query was returning errors.
I guess 3.23.58 is a bit older? Seems like most people are on version 4
and some are on version 5?
-Aaron
Rob Marscher wrote:
> If you're using a MySQL version earlier than 4.1, subqueries aren't
> available. Maybe that's why you got an error with Andy's query.
>
> That's interesting about the query not working in Oracle. I wonder if
> it's because field_name isn't specifically listed in the SELECT - like
> it doesn't like the "GROUP BY field_name" when * is used for the field
> list? I've read that MySQL allows you to GROUP BY fields not listed in
> the field list, but other DBs give errors.
>
> -Rob
>
> Aaron Fischer wrote:
>
>> That did it, thanks Rob and Andy.
>>
>> Rob's query did the trick. I was getting a MySQL error with Andy's
>> that I hadn't been able to figure out.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> -Aaron
>>
>>
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