revDataFromQuery : size limit of mySQL query ?

[jbv at souslelogo.com]

Thanks fr the reply.
Actually I'm pretty confident about the results of the query, as I have
created very large results myself.
My concern was more with the query itself...

jbv

> I haven't come across a limit and I've certainly created some very large
> SELECT results but I guess there must be one at some point.
> If you run into one, you can probably get round it by using
> revQueryDatabase to create a cursor although that would probably mean
> rewriting a lot of your code.
>
> One other unrelated suggestion.  I don't know if it's any more/less
> efficient but you might try NOT IN ('John','Ted",...) in your SELECT
> statement
>
> Pete
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> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:52 PM, <jbv at souslelogo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is a limit in the length of the sql query
>> when using revDataFromQuery ?
>> According to what I found on the web, there doesn't seem to be
>> any problem on mySQL side (default value is apparently 1 Mb),
>> but I was more concerned by a possible buffer between LC and
>> mySQL where the query could be truncated...
>>
>> Furthermore, I am fully aware that very long queries are hard
>> to maintain and might lead to slow execution...
>> What I have in mind in some rather simpler stuff like :
>> SELECT name FROM myDB WHERE name != 'John' AND name != 'Ted'...
>> where the list of names can be quite long...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> jbv
>>
>>
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