Re: [Motion-user] Duplicate SQL entries for every event

[Shawn A. <dra...@gm...>]

I would find a way to log it, at least it's a symptom you can give to the
motion team, and maybe something will become obvious to you

On Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 1:05 PM David Powell <da...@de...> wrote:

> It's the %v replaceable parameter in the insert statement.  Motion
> generates it internally.
> dp
>
> On July 29, 2021 11:26:25 AM Shawn Ashe <dra...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> is the event_number a counter,or based on time/etc?
>>
>> Could be the events are going off to fast and you are getting duplicate
>> event numbers.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 12:15 PM David Powell <da...@de...> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, I understand your question better now. The event number is generated
>>> by Motion automatically.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On July 29, 2021 11:11:01 AM David Powell <da...@de...> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> My understanding is that *event_number* is there for this very purpose
>>>> - to make each event unique. I can't imagine another reason to have it.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> On July 29, 2021 10:46:33 AM mot...@fr... wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also; "The primary key for the *events* table is
>>>>> *server_number,event_number,event_date*, and *camera_number*."
>>>>>
>>>>> So, can the server_number, event_number, event_date and camera_number
>>>>> be the same twice?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm guessing server_number for sure, camera_number too. Event date?
>>>>> Yeah possible if it's two events in tight enough sequence and sloppy enough
>>>>> datetime datatype.
>>>>>
>>>>> event_number? ... doesn't sound likely but... what do i know - how
>>>>> does that get generated?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Why not use an auto_intrement for primary key and have a composite
>>>>> index on those other columns instead?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> //Lars
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2021-07-29 16:59, John L. Poole wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The error message you shared, e.g. trigger of a primary key
>>>>> constraint, suggests an error in program design.   If you have a table with
>>>>> unique constraints, e.g. every entry must be unique, you don't try to
>>>>> insert the same record twice.
>>>>>
>>>>> I recommend you file a bug so everything is documented well and then
>>>>> the developers can determine why they are attempting to insert something
>>>>> already present, or at least testing for presence before attempting to
>>>>> insert a record that may already exist.
>>>>> On 7/29/2021 7:27 AM, David Powell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the whole SQL section of motion.conf:
>>>>> ############################################################
>>>>> # Database and SQL Configuration parameters
>>>>> ############################################################
>>>>>
>>>>> # The type of database being used if any.
>>>>> database_type mysql
>>>>>
>>>>> # Database name to use. For sqlite3, the full path and name.
>>>>> database_dbname cameras
>>>>>
>>>>> # The host on which the database is located
>>>>> database_host localhost
>>>>>
>>>>> # Port used by the database.
>>>>> database_port 3306
>>>>>
>>>>> # User account name for database.
>>>>> database_user *<redacted>*
>>>>>
>>>>> # User password for database.
>>>>> database_password *<redacted>*
>>>>>
>>>>> # Database wait for unlock time
>>>>> database_busy_timeout 5
>>>>>
>>>>> # Log to the database when creating motion triggered image file
>>>>> sql_log_picture off
>>>>>
>>>>> # Log to the database when creating a snapshot image file
>>>>> sql_log_snapshot off
>>>>>
>>>>> # Log to the database when creating motion triggered movie file
>>>>> sql_log_movie on
>>>>>
>>>>> # Log to the database when creating timelapse movie file
>>>>> sql_log_timelapse off
>>>>>
>>>>> # SQL query at event start.  See motion_guide.html
>>>>> ; sql_query_start value
>>>>>
>>>>> # SQL query at event stop.  See motion_guide.html
>>>>> sql_query_stop INSERT INTO events
>>>>> (server_number,camera_number,event_number,event_date,video_length,filename)
>>>>> VALUES (1,%t,%v,{ts '%C'},null,'%f');
>>>>>
>>>>> # SQL query string that is sent to the database.  See motion_guide.html
>>>>> ; sql_query
>>>>>
>>>>> I had the query in *sql_query* but I moved it to *sql_query_stop*.
>>>>> That didn't help.
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/29/21 8:17 AM, Damian via Motion-user wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The SQL statement in motion.conf is
>>>>> INSERT INTO events
>>>>> (server_number,camera_number,event_number,event_date,video_length,filename)
>>>>> VALUES (1,%t,%v,{ts '%C'},null,'%f');
>>>>>
>>>>> The records /are/ there in the database, and I run a custom program to
>>>>> extract them for displaying the snapshots and movies in a web page
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Which sql_log_* statements are enabled?
>>>>>
>>>>>
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