I’m using MySQL 5.0.41

I’m not that schooled at SQL in general - should I be trying to run this from the main SQL tab or from inside one of the tables. (Maybe that doesn’t even matter….)

Thanks for your reply!

However, the SQL statement you posted was after a view had been used earlier so probably not. Does just the select statement work for you?


SELECT xp_xt_id AS topic_ID, COUNT(xp_xt_id) AS my_count, xp_author_ip AS author_ip, FROM_UNIXTIME( MIN( xp_date ) ) AS post_time, FROM_UNIXTIME( MAX( xp_date ) ) AS last_post_time
FROM wp_xdforum_posts
GROUP BY xp_xt_id
ORDER BY xp_xt_id, post_time DESC


If that works, then most likely you’re using a version of MySQL that doesn’t support subselects. If that’s the case, you’ll have to figure out how to recreate the view into a temporary table so you can update the counts, which is the whole purpose of the view, which just displays the number of items in the thread, the date the topic was started and the date it was last updated.

Great job sorting this out! I’ve been trying to work through your instructions and got hung up on step 7. I get an SQL syntax error, which I’ll paste below.

Any chance you might know what I’m doing wrong?

Error

SQL query: Documentation

CREATE VIEW topic_info AS SELECT wp_xdforum_posts.xp_xt_id AS topic_ID, COUNT( wp_xdforum_posts.xp_xt_id ) AS my_count, xp_author_ip AS author_ip, FROM_UNIXTIME( MIN( xp_date ) ) AS post_time, FROM_UNIXTIME( MAX( xp_date ) ) AS last_post_time
FROM wp_xdforum_posts
GROUP BY xp_xt_id
ORDER BY xp_xt_id, post_time DESC

MySQL said: Documentation
#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘VIEW topic_info AS SELECT wp_xdforum_posts.xp_xt_id AS topic_ID, COUNT(wp_xdforu’ at line 1