Nick, > I don't think ... > Am I talking rubbish?
An admission and then an invitation??? Boy you must some masochist! You asked a question, it was answered (and there's usually more than one way to skin the proverbial cat); and then you appear to argue. "Thinking" is not as good as "testing": did you test before 'arguing'? RTFM: 6.4.3 INSERT Syntax with a view to the author table handling. - either use the IGNORE facility, or if you want to know if the author already exists 'on file' then do a SELECT first - or if you are interfacing into MySQL from a programming/scripting language, use that facility to observe the INSERT post-fact. No you're not talking (total) rubbish: the structure looks good, and the question was sensible. Do a bit more reading about SQL techniques, and MySQL syntax; get into the habit of trying things out for yourself using a management tool or the MySQL command line, and it'll soon come together in your mind! Recommendation: treat the (possible) addition to the author tbl as one task, and the (required in both cases) addition to the content tbl as a separate task. Regards, =dn > * and then Diana Soares declared.... > > On Wed, 2002-02-06 at 11:22, Nick Wilson wrote: > > > 2 tables > > > content ---- TipId | AuthId | title | keywords | desc | section | text > > > author ---- AuthId | name | email | bio > > > > > > My question is: If I enter a 'tip' and put myself as the author, when > > > /I/ come to write another tip how do I make my query avoid putting > > > another entry in author? I'll be using PHP for the front end. > > > > You can always use INSERT for the "content" table and REPLACE for the > > "author" table. > > I don't think that would work as it will change the AuthId and effect > any other 'tips' I've written. > Each author should have one entry in 'author' and as many in 'content' > as tips they have written. > > Am I talking rubbish? > - -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
