Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields

2003-06-03 Thread Peter Beckman
Will there ever be 5 specials categories? 6? I like enums for strings, but for more complex sites I go with a separate table for even 4 categories. I don't actually know what happens if you change "lunch" to "pre-dinner" on the enum column -- does everything remain as enum selection #1 and chang

Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields

2003-06-03 Thread Becoming Digital
To: "Becoming Digital" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PHP-DB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 02 June, 2003 06:40 Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields What's the application? What are the issues with using ENUM verses something else? -Lisi At 05:32 AM 6/2/0

Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields

2003-06-02 Thread heilo
t;> From: "heilo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PHP-DB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Monday, 02 June, 2003 05:11 >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields >> >> >> Hi! >> >> there is a much shorter way to d

Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields

2003-06-02 Thread Lisi
d for this application? Edward Dudlik Becoming Digital www.becomingdigital.com - Original Message - From: "heilo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP-DB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 02 June, 2003 05:11 Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields Hi! t

Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields

2003-06-02 Thread Becoming Digital
ROTECTED]> To: "PHP-DB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 02 June, 2003 05:11 Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields Hi! there is a much shorter way to do this (which works with ENUM and SET): $qry = 'SHOW COLUMNS FROM `gruzilla_content` LIKE "module"

Re: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields

2003-06-02 Thread heilo
Hi! there is a much shorter way to do this (which works with ENUM and SET): $qry = 'SHOW COLUMNS FROM `gruzilla_content` LIKE "module"'; $res = mysql_query($qry); if(mysql_num_rows($res)>0) { $row = mysql_fetch_row($res); $pattern = "#(enum|set)\('(.+?)'\)#i"; $replace = '\\2'; $

RE: [PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields

2003-06-02 Thread Lisi
I am forwarding this useful function someone once sent to the list that I use often. Hope this fits your needs. -Lisi -Original Message- From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 7:47 PM To: NIPP, SCOTT V (SBCSI); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Popula

[PHP-DB] Dealing with ENUM fields

2003-06-02 Thread Becoming Digital
I have a field in my database for which there are only four potential values and, as such, I would like to use an ENUM field. However, I can't find an easy way to load the "values" of this field into a select form element. Is there a simple method for doing this or are the only solutions fairly c