Loading Docs/manual.texi +10 −5 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -3464,6 +3464,11 @@ that in MySQL Server, @code{VARCHAR} columns are treated the same way. @item You can only have up to 255 @code{ENUM} and @code{SET} columns in one table. @item In @code{MIN()}, @code{MAX()} and other aggregate functions, MySQL currently compares @code{ENUM} and @code{SET} columns by their string value rather than by the string's relative position in the set. @item @code{safe_mysqld} redirects all messages from @code{mysqld} to the @code{mysqld} log. One problem with this is that if you execute Loading Loading @@ -33868,17 +33873,17 @@ Returns the minimum or maximum value of @code{expr}. @code{MIN()} and @code{MAX()} may take a string argument; in such cases they return the minimum or maximum string value. @xref{MySQL indexes}. There is one inconsistency in MySQL in handling @code[ENUM] and @code[SET] types when it comes to @code{MIN()}, @code{MAX()} and other aggregating functions. MySQL will compare values based on string values of the columns, instead of it's relative position. This will be fixed in future. @example mysql> SELECT student_name, MIN(test_score), MAX(test_score) -> FROM student -> GROUP BY student_name; @end example In @code{MIN()}, @code{MAX()} and other aggregate functions, MySQL currently compares @code{ENUM} and @code{SET} columns by their string value rather than by the string's relative position in the set. This will be rectified. @findex SUM() @item SUM(expr) Returns the sum of @code{expr}. Note that if the return set has no rows, Loading
Docs/manual.texi +10 −5 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -3464,6 +3464,11 @@ that in MySQL Server, @code{VARCHAR} columns are treated the same way. @item You can only have up to 255 @code{ENUM} and @code{SET} columns in one table. @item In @code{MIN()}, @code{MAX()} and other aggregate functions, MySQL currently compares @code{ENUM} and @code{SET} columns by their string value rather than by the string's relative position in the set. @item @code{safe_mysqld} redirects all messages from @code{mysqld} to the @code{mysqld} log. One problem with this is that if you execute Loading Loading @@ -33868,17 +33873,17 @@ Returns the minimum or maximum value of @code{expr}. @code{MIN()} and @code{MAX()} may take a string argument; in such cases they return the minimum or maximum string value. @xref{MySQL indexes}. There is one inconsistency in MySQL in handling @code[ENUM] and @code[SET] types when it comes to @code{MIN()}, @code{MAX()} and other aggregating functions. MySQL will compare values based on string values of the columns, instead of it's relative position. This will be fixed in future. @example mysql> SELECT student_name, MIN(test_score), MAX(test_score) -> FROM student -> GROUP BY student_name; @end example In @code{MIN()}, @code{MAX()} and other aggregate functions, MySQL currently compares @code{ENUM} and @code{SET} columns by their string value rather than by the string's relative position in the set. This will be rectified. @findex SUM() @item SUM(expr) Returns the sum of @code{expr}. Note that if the return set has no rows,