[PHP-DB] Substring ?

2003-03-20 Thread Dallas Freeman
I know how to use it with MySQL but how do you use the function substring with a variable? Thanks Dallas Freeman

RE: [PHP-DB] Substring ?

2003-03-20 Thread Snijders, Mark
www.php.net function: substr and you'll see please first search, then ask! -Original Message- From: Dallas Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 20 maart 2003 9:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Substring ? I know how to use it with MySQL but how do you use

RE: [PHP-DB] Substring ?

2003-03-20 Thread Dallas Freeman
Dear Mark, Thanks for your note but no one really explains the function at all, they just write the function and that's it. Thanks for giving me the correct function name to use, from what I found, substring was the name of the function. Thanking You, Dallas Freeman -Original

[PHP-DB] PHP-DB Rocks

2003-03-20 Thread Dallas Freeman
Just a quick message to say that this email forum is the best I've seen. Everyone responds quickly, the forum contains experts who really know there stuff, and nobody will snob you off. Thanks to those who have replied to my messages and to others. It has been a really good learning

[PHP-DB] Solidarity with the World View

2003-03-20 Thread ckra
At this moment, our hearts should reach out to the people of Iraq who are now faced with the brutality of an oppressive US regime. Bush is now acting like a dictator, worse than Hitler, and is a shame for all peace loving US citizens. I sympathise with all the technocrats of our own software

Re: [PHP-DB] Solidarity with the World View

2003-03-20 Thread Ignatius Reilly
Largely off topic palso. This mailing list does not care about what you have to say on this subject. It is a great professional tool for many of us, and does not need to be polluted. Ignatius - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[PHP-DB] Interlacing two separate mysql queries

2003-03-20 Thread Jason End
I'm trying to interlace the results from a left-join query with a regular select result. I have two tables: Aplications and States (state as in: the states of Florida and California). Each aplication in the Aplications table contains a state_id, which matches an id of a state in the States table.

[PHP-DB] Reading from file on local disk to server

2003-03-20 Thread Jan Meiring
Hi everyone This is what I want to do: I have a file on each workstation that gets created each time the pc is rebooted - the file save the pc configuration plus the current user logged onto the machine, I want to read from that file variables so that I can save it to my mySQL database and

[PHP-DB] Reading from file on local disk

2003-03-20 Thread Jan Meiring
Hi everyone This is what I want to do: I have a file on each workstation that gets created each time the pc is rebooted - the file save the pc configuration plus the current user logged onto the machine, I want to read from that file variables so that I can save it to my mySQL database and run

[PHP-DB] New PHP or Firebird behavior?

2003-03-20 Thread Mauricio Junqueira
Hello, I have been using php --with-interbase for some time and I enjoy using php scripts to everything so I did some small scripts to use as a datapump to the interbase. My scripts relay on the fact that I can have two simultaneos connections to the different databases in order to pump data from

Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_affected_rows() question: what was changed?

2003-03-20 Thread Edwin Boersma
Not really true, unless I learned programming in a different way ;-) I mean, if I send an update query, like update table set field1=$nfield1, field2=$nfield2 ..., I don't know WHICH fields have changed. mysql_affected_rows() only reports how many records were changed. So, if I want to know

[PHP-DB] Re: Really easy question

2003-03-20 Thread Edwin Boersma
I think Jeremy means how to use it as an integer, if it is stored as a string. In this case, use $intvalue = $strvalue + 0, where $strvalue is 0, 1 and so on. Edwin Jeremy wrote: Hey folks, Im apologize that this is just a really easy general php question but any help would be appreciated. if

[PHP-DB] Re: Reading from file on local disk

2003-03-20 Thread Edwin Boersma
Jan, You cannot get access to files on the client side with PHP, because there is no connection with the client. Have your client copy the file to a directory on the server, that is accessible for PHP and then read them from there. If you use unique names, e.g. workstation names, you should

RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Does Php support Flash files ?

2003-03-20 Thread Ford, Mike [LSS]
-Original Message- From: Matthew Moldvan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 March 2003 18:32 I am assuming English isn't your first language. Yes, fuck is definitely swearing, cursing, or whatever else you would like to call it. And yes, it is considered rude in our culture.

[PHP-DB] C-Tree And PHP

2003-03-20 Thread Gabriel Gramajo
Hi all, Anyone has interact with c-tree databases using php. Where can i found help about it? Thanks in advance, Gabriel.

[PHP-DB] using a full search class

2003-03-20 Thread Shantanu Oak
Hi, I found the Full Search Class that will help me to find a word in any column. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/PHP/Recipe/125901 I have tried printing the results with print_r along the following code mentioned on the page, $mysearch = new MysqlSearch;

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: deleting records using a checkbox

2003-03-20 Thread Paul Burney
on 3/20/03 1:45 AM, olinux at [EMAIL PROTECTED] appended the following bits to my mbox: [ and ] are illegal characters. #javascript I'm coming into this a bit late, so I'm not sure exactly what you wish to do. You can use JavaScript to refer to checkbox items in the format:

[PHP-DB] Addslashes (MSSQL)

2003-03-20 Thread Poon, Kelvin (Infomart)
Hi, I have a problem that lets you add a record to a database. THere is a problem with it, and the following is the area of the program where it has problem. $created_date = date('m, d, Y'); $title = strip_tags($title); $keywords = strip_tags($keywords);

Re: [PHP-DB] Addslashes (MSSQL)

2003-03-20 Thread CPT John W. Holmes
where my $content value is osmethign like this. Step 1: Access the homepage Step 2: type in your username under the field 'username' and after the addslashes funciton there would be \ around the 'username' like this.. \'username\'and now after running this program I got an error

RE: [PHP-DB] Addslashes (MSSQL)

2003-03-20 Thread Poon, Kelvin (Infomart)
Actually, that eliminated the error messages but it still hasn't fix the problem I did what you saidbut now in my MSSQL table, the content column has somethign like thsi Step 1: blah blah balh Step 2: blah balh balh \'Username\' so it included the slashes...I just learned that mSSQL doens;t

RE: [PHP-DB] Addslashes (MSSQL)

2003-03-20 Thread Adam Voigt
Umm, how about using str_replace to replace the quotes for there ASCII equivalent's, and when you print them out in HTML they will be interpreted properly, or you could str_replace them back. On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 11:23, Poon, Kelvin (Infomart) wrote: Actually, that eliminated the error

[PHP-DB] deleting guestbook messages

2003-03-20 Thread Mark
hi im having major problems deleting multiple messages from the guestbook i have created im new to php so any replies to this problem will have to easy for me to understand i have got my guestbook reading and showing entries and have added checkboxes under each entry for the deletion process

[PHP-DB] deleting guestbook messages with code attachment

2003-03-20 Thread Mark
hi im having major problems deleting multiple messages from the guestbook i have created im new to php so any replies to this problem will have to easy for me to understand i have got my guestbook reading and showing entries and have added checkboxes under each entry for the deletion process

[PHP-DB] Including Details in MySQL longer than 255 characters

2003-03-20 Thread Adam Venturella
Ok So I have my Database/Tables all set up. What I wanna know how to do / find a tutorial on is how I might go about including details longer than 255 characters that are referenced by a mysql query. So basically I have some thing like this on the inputs: First: Last: Email: Comments: Now the

Re: [PHP-DB] Including Details in MySQL longer than 255 characters

2003-03-20 Thread mike karthauser
on 20/3/03 6:11 pm, Adam Venturella at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway if someone could point me in the right direction I would be very appreciative. Change your column type to TEXT rather than varchar(255) -- Mike Karthauser Managing Director - Brightstorm Ltd Email[EMAIL

RE: [PHP-DB] Including Details in MySQL longer than 255 characters

2003-03-20 Thread Hutchins, Richard
Possibly use a column type of TEXT for the comments column in your table? -Original Message- From: Adam Venturella [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 1:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Including Details in MySQL longer than 255 characters Ok

Re: [PHP-DB] Including Details in MySQL longer than 255 characters

2003-03-20 Thread Adam Venturella
Thanks, I totally forgot about that type... And thanks to everyone else who replied! -a Mike Karthauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 20/3/03 6:11 pm, Adam Venturella at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway if someone could point me in the right direction I would

[PHP-DB] compare php and perl

2003-03-20 Thread Mignon Hunter
Can anyone out there compare these two using with mysql and web apps - What I can gather so far from my limited experience with both and a little googling: 1. Built in mysql_ functions in php (does perl have this?) 2. Php may be faster. 3. Embedded in html - no separate cgi directory needed. 4.

[PHP-DB] Display results on html page

2003-03-20 Thread Michelle Whelan
I am looking to display results of a query inside of an html table. When I tested to see if this was correct it returned with a blank page on my website. Here is my code: TIA Michelle /* If there was a problem with the query... */ if (!$result || @mysql_num_rows($result) 1) { print(No

RE: [PHP-DB] compare php and perl

2003-03-20 Thread NIPP, SCOTT V (SBCSI)
In response to your bullet points... 1. Built in mysql_ functions in php (does perl have this?) Perl does not have built in functions for MySQL or any other database. The Perl functions are all added through modules. This is somewhat annoying as compared to PHP

Re: [PHP-DB] compare php and perl

2003-03-20 Thread David T-G
Mignon -- The short answer is that the two are fairly equivalent and if you're asking the question then you're not going to run up against the nitty gritty differences for a while. In general, I bet you get more PHP is better answers on this list ;-) Both can talk directly to databases, both

Re: [PHP-DB] compare php and perl

2003-03-20 Thread David T-G
Scott -- ...and then NIPP, SCOTT V (SBCSI) said... % ... % correct any of my errors. One other big advantage of PHP is this mailing % list. The people in this list are quite knowledgeable and extremely % helpful. I honestly have not found a group this supportive and responsive Aha -- you

Re: [PHP-DB] Display results on html page

2003-03-20 Thread David Smith
You appear to have a ton of extra braces. I've modified your code below. That should do it, though keep in mind that your HTML is faulty too, though most browsers will probably tolerate it. :) --Dave Michelle Whelan wrote: I am looking to display results of a query inside of an html table.

[PHP-DB] SUMMARY: sorting problem...

2003-03-20 Thread guslist
Hello All, Thanks for the all info !! I've done my query like this: SELECT id,SUBSTRING(FROM_UNIXTIME(unixtime),1,10) as unixtime,ip,porta_snmp,porta_switch,ip_cliente,mac_cliente from teste group by unixtime,porta_switch,porta_snmp; I've used SUBSTRING to get rid of the time from my

RE: [PHP-DB] Not seeing whats wrong with code

2003-03-20 Thread Beverly Steiner
Mike, Try mysql_fetch_array instead of mysql_fetch_row -- Beverly Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Mike Delorme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 12:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Not seeing whats wrong with

RE: [PHP-DB] mysql_affected_rows() question: what was changed?

2003-03-20 Thread John W. Holmes
I mean, if I send an update query, like update table set field1=$nfield1, field2=$nfield2 ..., I don't know WHICH fields have changed. mysql_affected_rows() only reports how many records were changed. So, if I want to know which fields have changed, I should check it before I send the query?

[PHP-DB] Parse error

2003-03-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am having a problem with a parse error. error: Parse error: parse error, unexpected ')' in /Users/timbest/Sites/cajunmikes/inc/menupage.php on line 75 Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: menu in /Users/timbest/Sites/cajunmikes/TMPfj18cc2i20.php on line 7 The issue I am having

Re: [PHP-DB] compare php and perl

2003-03-20 Thread peter
On 20 Mar 2003 at 12:43, Mignon Hunter wrote: Can anyone out there compare these two using with mysql and web apps - Well you've got a few good responses on this so I'll just add a bit. If you do Perl you really *ought* to do mod_perl. It not only gives you all the speed of PHP if not more,

Re: [PHP-DB] Parse error

2003-03-20 Thread Max 'AMiGo' Gashkov
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IBI I am having a problem with a parse error. IBI error: IBI Parse error: parse error, unexpected ')' in IBI /Users/timbest/Sites/cajunmikes/inc/menupage.php on line 75 IBI Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: menu in IBI

[PHP-DB] Re: Making tree menu

2003-03-20 Thread Daniel Harik
Hello, thanks for all replies guyes :) i di this before reading them ? include (db.php); header(Content-type: text/plain); echo !DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1 !--This is an automatically generated file. It will be read and overwritten. Do Not Edit! -- TitleBookmarks/Title

Re: [PHP-DB] Making tree menu

2003-03-20 Thread olinux
There are two ways that I know of the adjacency model and nested sets. adjacency model uses a table structure like category_id | parent_id | category_name so if i want to see all categories belonging to category 12 - SELECT * FROM cat_table WHERE parent_id=12; there are a few articles out