Tag: mysql

Doctrine – How to print out the real sql, not just the prepared statement?

We’re using Doctrine, a PHP ORM. I am creating a query like this: and then in the function I’m adding in various where clauses and things as appropriate, like this Later on, before execute()-ing that query object, I want to print out the raw SQL in order to examine it, and do this: However that only prints out the prepared

Tracking the views of a given row

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I have a site where the users can view quite a large number of posts. Every time this is done I run a query similar to UPDATE table SET views=views+1 WHERE id = ?. However, there are a number of disadvantages to this approach: There is no way of tracking when the pageviews occur – they are simply incremented. Updating

MySQL datetime fields and daylight savings time — how do I reference the “extra” hour?

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I’m using the America/New York timezone. In the Fall we “fall back” an hour — effectively “gaining” one hour at 2am. At the transition point the following happens: it’s 01:59:00 -04:00 then 1 …

Duplicate a record in MySQL

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I have a table and I want to duplicate specific rows in the table. I know this is not the best way to do things but we are looking for a quick solution. Here’s something harder than I initially thought, all I need to do is copy an entire record to a new record in an auto-increment table in MySql

MySQL: Join query across multiple databases located on different servers

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In SQL Server there is a way to join tables from multiple sql servers by using link tables. I wonder whether is it possible to do the same? I am using PHP, does PHP provides this kind of facilities? Answer It isn’t necessarily easy, nor pretty, but this article gives some solutions to your problem: http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/52390 UPDATE Since the link

Create PHP array from MySQL column

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mysql_fetch_array will give me an array of a fetched row. What’s the best way generate an array from the values of all rows in one column?

PDO looping through and printing fetchAll

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I’m having trouble getting my data from fetchAll to print selectively. In normal mysql I do it this way: In PDO, I’m having trouble. I bound the params, then I’m saving the fetched data into $rs like above, with the purpose of looping through it the same way.. Now comes the trouble part. What do I do PDO-wise to get

Mysql transactions within transactions

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In a PHP script working with a mysql database, I recently had the need to use a transaction at a point that happened to be inside another transaction. All my tests seem to indicate this is working out fine, but I can’t find any documentation on this usage. I want to be sure – are transactions within transactions valid in

Invoking a PHP script from a MySQL trigger

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Is there any way how to invoke a PHP page / function when a record is inserted to a MySQL database table? We don’t have control over the record insertion procedure. Is there a trigger mechanism which can call a PHP script back? Answer The trigger is executed on the MySQL server, not on the PHP one (even if those

How do I set the selected item in a drop down box

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Is there any way to set the selected item in a drop down box using the following ‘type’ code?