Yes, I tried that too.
It is certainly better than working directly in the command line, but
you still have to watch your formatting very carefully.
I still say a good GUI is the best way to go for data entry and
updates.
Besides, I have found telnet to mysql insecure and I got stumped
trying to make ssh work.
On 21 Feb 2001, at 18:18, Ed Carp wrote:
> John Jensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
>
> > Do you have a remote server?
> > Do you have a lot of data to enter into your database?
> > Ask yourself:
> >
> > Would you rather preface each and every insert with
> > "INSERT [data] INTO [table.column] ...", than enter data by filling
> > in blanks in a webform.
>
> All depends on what you want to do. mysqldump is my friend - I use it
> quite often, especially when I want to change the structure of a
> table, and I can't remember the ALTER TABLE syntax (or don't have
> access to a browser). I use mysqldump to dump the data with
> --add-drop-table, run it, edit the output file to alter the table
> structure, then feed it back to mysql. Works great.
>
> If I want to do CRUD on a few records or two, I'll use Escapade - it's
> faster than the PHP admin thingie for editing data. -- Ed Carp, N7EKG
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 940/367-2744 cell phone
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>
> I sometimes wonder if the American people deserve to be free - they
> seem so unwilling to fight to preserve the few freedoms they have
> left.
John Jensen
520 Goshawk Court
Bakersfield, CA 93309
661-833-2858
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