A constant for the SQL table prefix in the SQL toolbox

[Michael]

A lot of times we'll have to do things where we give people SQL queries to run to do things on their board. In those queries, the tables affected may or may not have a SQL table prefix on them, and if they do have one, it could be darn near anything. So if I give out a query to someone, the odds are pretty good they'll tell me they ran it and were told that table didn't exist. I then have to go into my spiel of explaining about SQL table prefixes.

What would be great would be if there was some constant that we could use in the queries we give people that the SQL toolbox would swap out with the table prefix on the board it is being run on.

So say we wanted to update all members to have a post count of 0. We could tell them to run a query like this:

UPDATE #PREFIX#members SET posts=0;

And then #PREFIX# would get swapped out with the SQL table prefix they use. That way, this query would always work.

Obviously this is a minor thing, and only beneficial for people who need to tell people queries to run against their site, but at the same time it should be a pretty easy thing to implement. ;)

[rsyvarth]

I agree with you on this one. I have had to spend a lot of time trying to figure out people's table prefixes so I can write queries for them...

[Adriano Faria]

Totally agree! :smile:

[.Ian]

Would be a great advantage - been an issue for years!