Hi. I'm trying to configure a freeradius 1.1.0 [Debian testing] server with mysql backend, and I'm having trouble with the "sql counter" module. When trying to customize the query to obtain the remaining time (the default query does not reflect my enviroment), I find mysql syntax errors. Apparently, it is not processing the full query. Output of "freeradius -X". Note that I changed the actual query for brevity, as anything [valid] that I put in there seem to get me the same result. ------- rlm_sql_mysql: query: SELECT <pretty big and boring query> AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP(AcctStartT rlm_sql_mysql: MYSQL check_error: 1064 received rlm_sql (sql): database query error, SELECT <pretty big and boring query> AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP(AcctStartT: 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 '' at line 1 rlm_sql (sql): Released sql socket id: 2 radius_xlat: 'ime)+AcctSessionTime>'1138766400'' --------- (the original query on my radiusd.conf file is: SELECT <pretty big and boring query> AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP(AcctStartTime)+AcctSessionTime>'%b') Notice how the first line in the log is truncated to the "T" of "AcctStartT", that is, the first 251 characters of the query after applying the parameter expansion (%b, %k). (the length is always 251, regardless of the query - if I strip spaces from it I can fit more, but it is still not enough). Also notice how the end of the query is continued on the next "radius_xlat:" line. The query works perfectly with the command line mysql client (after %b and %k expansions). Glancing at the source I see a line "#define MAX_QUERY_LEN 1024" in rlm_sqlcounter.c, far greater than 251, wich makes me doubt that the problem lies in that size, and seems to confirm my suspicion that it might be a configuration parameter that I'm missing somewhere. Can you suggest either a solution or a workaround? (other than storing the query in a mysql5.0 'stored procedure', because I do not wish to add Debian Unstable to my production servers) Regards, Zarrabeitia