alexyz

Silly thing to note, but I had to Google for this too long to do it again…

Have to give credit where credit is due, thank you:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mysql-change-root-password/

conclusion, command:

mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD

1. sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
2. sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
3. sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
4. sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
5. (Edit /etc/hostconfig) sudo vi /etc/hostconfig (Remove line MYSQLCOM=-YES)
6. sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
7. sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
8. sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.*

SELECT
q.questionId,
q.question,
q.questionTopic,
q.questionDate,
q.courseId,
q.customerId,
v.voted_this
FROM
” . $course_database_questions_table_name . ” q
LEFT JOIN
(SELECT questionId voted_this FROM votes WHERE customerId = ‘” . $customer_id . “‘) v
ON
q.questionId = v.voted_this
WHERE
q.courseId = ” . $courseId . ”
ORDER BY q.questionDate DESC

$cp_output = “”;
if(!$get_cp_data = mysql_query(”
SELECT
q.*,
c.*,
vote_counts.Tally
FROM
questions q
LEFT JOIN
(SELECT
questionId,
count(1) as Tally
FROM
votes
GROUP BY
questionId
) vote_counts
ON
q.questionId = vote_counts.questionId
LEFT JOIN
customers c
ON
c.customerId = q.customerId
WHERE
q.courseId = 1
ORDER BY
vote_counts.Tally desc
“)){ echo mysql_error(); }

while($get_cp_data_array = mysql_fetch_array($get_cp_data)){
$q_id = $get_cp_data_array['questionId'];

$q_fname = $get_cp_data_array['customerFName'];
$q_lname = $get_cp_data_array['customerLName'];
$q_email = $get_cp_data_array['customerEmail'];

$q_topic = $get_cp_data_array['questionTopic'];
$q_question = $get_cp_data_array['question'];
$q_date = $get_cp_data_array['questionDate'];
//$q_count = $get_cp_data_array['votecount'];
$q_customer = $get_cp_data_array['customerId'];

if($q_topic == “”){ $q_topic = “–”; }
if($q_fname != “” || $q_lname != “”){
$from = ‘<strong>’ . $q_fname . ‘ ‘ . $q_lname . ‘</strong> – ‘;
}

# Parse the question text.
$old = array(“\n”);
$new   = array(“<br/>”);
$q_question = str_replace($old, $new, $q_question);

# Output the question.
$cp_output = $cp_output . ‘
<div>’ . $q_id . ‘</div>
<div>
<div><strong>’ . $q_topic . ‘</strong></div>
<div>’ . $q_question . ‘</div>
<div><strong>Submitted</strong> ‘ . $q_date . ‘ by ‘ . $from . ‘<a href=”mailto:’ . $q_email . ‘”>’ . $q_email . ‘</a></div>
</div>
<div></div>
‘;
}

datatypes:

http://w3schools.com/sql/sql_datatypes.asp

Order results by 2 columns:

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column1, column2

Simple delete:

<?php
$con = mysql_connect(“localhost”,”peter”,”abc123″);
if (!$con)
{
die(‘Could not connect: ‘ . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db(“my_db”, $con);
mysql_query(“DELETE FROM Persons WHERE LastName=’Griffin’”);
mysql_close($con);
?>