How do you trouble shoot a “Data type mismatch in criteria expression” error in MS Access 2010?

The criteria expression is the part of the query containing the conditions, as in WHERE <condition>. Look at those specifically. The error message means you’re comparing two things (this equals that, or this less than that, etc.) that are of two different, and incompatible types (comparing a number to a string, for example). You can find … Read more

Install mysql-python (Windows)

You’re going to want to add Python to your Path Environment Variable in this way. Go to: My Computer System Properties Advance System Settings Under the “Advanced” tab click the button that says “Environment Variables” Then under System Variables you are going to want to add / change the following variables: PYTHONPATH and Path. Here is a paste … Read more

How do I import an SQL file using the command line in MySQL?

Try: Check MySQL Options. Note 1: It is better to use the full path of the SQL file file.sql. Note 2: Use -R and –triggers to keep the routines and triggers of original database. They are not copied by default. Note 3 You may have to create the (empty) database from MySQL if it doesn’t exist already and the exported SQL don’t contain CREATE DATABASE (exported … Read more

What does SQL Select symbol || mean?

|| represents string concatenation. Unfortunately, string concatenation is not completely portable across all sql dialects: ansi sql: || (infix operator) mysql: concat ( vararg function ). caution: || means ‘logical or’ (It’s configurable, however; thanks to @hvd for pointing that out) oracle: || (infix operator), concat ( caution: function of arity 2 only ! ) postgres: || (infix operator) sql server: + (infix operator), concat ( vararg function ) sqlite: || (infix operator) hopefully the confusion is complete … Read more

How to reset AUTO_INCREMENT in MySQL

You can reset the counter with: For InnoDB you cannot set the auto_increment value lower or equal to the highest current index. (quote from ViralPatel): Note that you cannot reset the counter to a value less than or equal to any that have already been used. For MyISAM, if the value is less than or equal to the maximum value … Read more