Re: [PHP] Re: Different approach?

[Jochem Maas]

John Taylor-Johnston wrote:
Sorry to bother. I was hoping for inspiration. The code works. I wonder if there is a cleaner way?
what is the context of the code you posted? ...
  in a function? class? part of an app? whats its purpose?
why do you need to check/create the table dynamically?
why do you think the way its done now is 'bad'?
rgds, Jochem
John Taylor-Johnston wrote:
Hi,
I've read:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/create-table.html
Would anyone code/approach this differently?
#################################################
$server = "localhost";
$user = "myname";
$pass = "mypass";
$db = "mydb";
$table = "demo_assignment1";
#################################################
$myconnection = mysql_connect($server,$user,$pass);
#################################################
$sql = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `demo_assignment1` (
`StudentNumber` varchar(8) NOT NULL default '',
`Exercise1` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`Exercise2` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`TimeStamp` timestamp(14) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY  (`TimeStamp`)
) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='place something here';";
mysql_select_db($db,$myconnection);
mysql_query($sql) or die(print mysql_error());
#################################################
$sql = "INSERT INTO $table
(StudentNumber,Exercise1,Exercise2) values
('$StudentNumber','$Exercise1','$Exercise2')";
mysql_select_db($db,$myconnection);
mysql_query($sql) or die(print mysql_error());
mysql_close($myconnection);

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