----- Original Message ----- From: "James Keeline" > --- On Thu, 10/2/08, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Would it be suitable to use a mysql database for an error log? >> >> I'm assuming these problems wouldn't occur with a DB. >> >> Regards, Bob E. > > From the very beginning of this thread I thought that a MySQL database table > would be the best way to go. I figured that you were pursuing this because > it was not an option. If it is, use it by all means. Periodically you can > delete old records as long as you have some date-time field to know when an > entry was added. > > James Keeline
Hi James, Using a flat file was a temporary thing to start out with. Then I just got interested in some of Rob's techniques. I haven't done much with flat files previously, so it's another string to my bow, as they say. Not that I have fired many arrows lately :-) Regards, Bob E.