RE: New guy

2012-06-23 Thread Martin Gainty
ets à la manipulation, nous ne pouvons accepter aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:39:34 +0100 > Subject: Re: New guy > From: eroomy...@gmail.com > To: radan...@osullivan-quebec.qc.ca > CC: mysql@lists.mysql.com > > Welcome Raymond, hope you e

Re: New guy

2012-06-21 Thread Andrew Moore
Welcome Raymond, hope you enjoy your stay :) On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Raymond D'Anjou < radan...@osullivan-quebec.qc.ca> wrote: > I don't know if new members usually introduce themselves here... > ...but if not, why not? > > I was very active on the SQL Server news group a few years back

New guy

2012-06-21 Thread Raymond D'Anjou
I don't know if new members usually introduce themselves here... ...but if not, why not? I was very active on the SQL Server news group a few years back but this MYSQL stuff is new to me. Seems I'll be muddling around for at least a little while so I might have a few questions in the near future

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Rodney Broom
From: Norm Lamoureux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I downloaded the lastest version of MySQL the other day but it > all looks greek to me, not like a database like ACCESS or Alpha Five. Now I'm with you! You're talking about a database being a program with a nifty front end for the users as well as a ba

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Norm Lamoureux
Hi, You got part right, the database I use at home is Edibase for DOS, the program has been updated for Windows, too expensive for that and the web plug in ($5,000.00 I think) I am trying to port it over to a Windows Database. I downloaded the lastest version of MySQL the other day but it all look

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Rodney Broom
From: Amer Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think what Norm is trying to do... is search a DOS-based database > using a script from Excite. > The data has to be updated on the server, but in a format searchable > by the script. Ohhh, that makes sence for his descriptions so far. > Why not ask you

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Amer Neely
> Hi, > Ok, I guess I was confusing everyone. I thought this was a simple > problem, we need a search engine to search through our data, I might be > able to convert to csv, or I found another way... > > example... > [ snip ] I think what Norm is trying to do (Norm correct me if I'm wrong) is se

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread John Ragan
so one of your questions is, if i may paraphrase, "what database manager should i use?" i believe that you said that it has only eight hundred records? and it's only a single table? you can manage it manually with little trouble? and it's a low volume web site? pardon my sacrilege, but if t

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Rodney Broom
Hi Norm, It sounds to me like we have some lack of clerity. Let me see if I can place some useful definitions: - CSV A text format for representing data. - CSV file A file written in the CSV format. - Database A place to store data. - Program Software that does something. - Database

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Norm Lamoureux
Hi, Ok, I guess I was confusing everyone. I thought this was a simple problem, we need a search engine to search through our data, I might be able to convert to csv, or I found another way... example... -NO- SAR1100 -COMMENTS- 999 try6 -ORG_LEVEL_1- SARNIA COMPUTER USERS' GROUP -AL

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread John Ragan
there may be some willing to help, but having trouble understanding. i don't know about anybody else, but i've been following this since his first posting, and my simple mind is having trouble identifying his problem. is it technical, organizational, or sociological? mysql > From: Norm La

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Rodney Broom
From: Norm Lamoureux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sounds like I am confusing everyone... > I only have one database with over 800 records > The data on the website is the result of my database. > I wish to search on words in each record. Search with what? Do you mean the page at: http://www.informs

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Norm Lamoureux
Hi, Sounds like I am confusing everyone... I only have one database with over 800 records The data on the website is the result of my database. I wish to search on words in each record. I might be able to export each record as a CSV file? Clear as mud (I think) Thanks again, Norm Rodney Bro

Re: Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Rodney Broom
From: Norm Lamoureux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In the DOS database... each organization is seperate... > ...exported all data as a text file > ...individual web pages for each one. "Individual web pages for each one", does this refer to items like: http://www.informsarnialambton.org/listing/36.HTM

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-26 Thread Norm Lamoureux
Hi, In the DOS database (EDIBASE) I use at home, each organization is seperate, I exported all data as a text file, then I had to create individual web pages for each one. I have a list of each numbered web page. I would like to have only one database, instead of changing individual ones as needed.

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-25 Thread Rodney Broom
From: Norm Lamoureux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ...700 individual web pages that EXCITE does a search for... Are these web pages actual individual files, or are they simply information in a database someplace that needs to get displayed? > I don't know whether my server has these programs, I can

Re: hello to new guy

2002-11-25 Thread Norm Lamoureux
Hi, It is 760 organizations listed, when I said two, I meant that on the WWW I have over 700 individual web pages that EXCITE does a search for and my main database in DOS. I don't know whether my server has these programs, I can check. Thanks Norm Rodney Broom wrote: > > Hi Norm, > > I gather

Re: hel to new guy

2002-11-25 Thread Rodney Broom
Hi Norm, I gather that you are wanting to bring both databases together into a single MySQL database. In order to do that, you'll have to have the mysql service running on your web server. (Not actually true, but true enough for this conversation) However, it sounds to me like you don't have th

Re: hel to new guy

2002-11-25 Thread Rodney Broom
From: Norm Lamoureux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ...I had to create 800 web pages... > ...make a text file from our DOS database. > I am wondering which program to put the data in. Hi Norm, It sounds to me like you are trying to build a data driven web site on a server with no database available, as

hel to new guy

2002-11-25 Thread Norm Lamoureux
Here is an example of our data, I had to create 800 web pages for each organization, I had to make a text file from our DOS database. I am wondering which program to put the data in. I also checked with our server, we only have 7 meg. of space which is donated. I know he has SQL server but won't le