[thelist] mysql primary key multiple columns

Scott Dexter sgd at ti3.com
Wed Aug 30 19:21:03 CDT 2000


> An article by any of you on writing queries would be really 
> cool...all of
> the examples in the books/tutorials are real basic/ Like, 
> SELECT * FROM
> table WHERE name LIKE 'whatever'; works great for a tiny 
> database, but what
> happens when you drop * from 10,000 records into an array?

a good idea, to say the least (Hi Rudy), but to get started, DON'T do Select
*. *EVER* --if you can help it. Select the columns by name, and only select
the ones you need.


that's all I have for now--
sgd
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