[PHP-DB] time slots and PHP/MySQL

2002-08-21 Thread Matthew Crouch
this is a big question and i'm not trying to get you to do my modelling for me, but if anyone has experience with this i'd appreciate being pointed in the right direction: How could one efficiently manage time slots in a dB? I mean for example telling the dB that Mike can be somewhere at 6:15 o

[PHP-DB] Re: MySQL query from multiple tables

2002-07-04 Thread Matthew Crouch
it sounds like you may be serializing your SQL, in which case the following link might help. http://www.ashleyit.com/rs/jsrs/select/php/select.php Matthew Nock wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a strange query which I need to build - I have looked at the JOIN and > aliasing functions of mySQL but not

[PHP-DB] brand new elementary question

2002-06-24 Thread Matthew Crouch
got my other one sorted out; thanks everyone. now: how do i get it so when you hit "enter" on the keyboard it's the same as hitting the "submit" button with the mouse? When I hit enter, it clears my form and reloads the current page. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubsc

[PHP-DB] got it, thanks

2002-06-24 Thread Matthew Crouch
Seth Yount wrote: > in you print statement you have ?lastname=%s, shouldn't that be '$s' > denoting a variable being passed? Try that out. > > gl -- Seth > > Matthew Crouch wrote: > > > this bit from my index page is giving me 2 headaches: > >

[PHP-DB] what the heck? update

2002-06-24 Thread Matthew Crouch
I changed method to GET and the value of $lastname seems to be getting passed but so is $submit, with the value "Search for Last Name" as you might expect. Probably this ain't the answer Matthew Crouch wrote: > this bit from my index page is giving me 2 headaches: >

[PHP-DB] what the heck? (elementary question)

2002-06-24 Thread Matthew Crouch
this bit from my index page is giving me 2 headaches: 1. it isn't passing anything into the URL 2. the page that gets called ("name.php") sits and tries to load forever. it looks like it's even filling up my hard drive with data (?!) Note: it does this (#2) even if I type in the URL with a variab

[PHP-DB] thanks

2002-03-31 Thread Matthew Crouch
i think i got this solved; sorry about the non-php question but there isn't a mysql newsgroup that i know of. Matthew Crouch wrote: > Here's an easy one that I can't find laid out for me anywhere: > I want a self join that pairs up the id numbers of a table in every >

[PHP-DB] mysql joining 101

2002-03-30 Thread Matthew Crouch
Here's an easy one that I can't find laid out for me anywhere: I want a self join that pairs up the id numbers of a table in every permutation e.g. i have id #s 1, 2, and 3 i need this result: 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 clear enough? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscr

[PHP-DB] Re: Add and Subtract

2002-03-01 Thread Matthew Crouch
my guess is you've got a double-quote problem like that other guy... Hi All, > > Would someone please help me with the following code? > > I am trying to make this work like if I have 15 gold pieces and I deposit 5 > it will subtract 5 from the gold pieces I have and deposit the 5 into my > accou

[PHP-DB] Re: Retreiving data from a table

2002-03-01 Thread Matthew Crouch
i'm guessing you use mysql, so... you can use the mysql_insert_id to retrieve the most recent addition, then select on it $newid=mysql_insert_id(); $sql=select [the auto_increment field] from table1 where id='$newid'; Does that help? Morten Nielsen wrote: > Hi, > I got the following insert sta

[PHP-DB] answered my own question

2002-03-01 Thread Matthew Crouch
for anyone else who needs it: http://www.phpbuilder.com/snippet/download.php?type=snippet&id=356 Matthew Crouch wrote: > should be simple as pie, of course, but i can't find a straightforward > syntax example in the documentation. i'm trying to change the PHP date > fo

[PHP-DB] Re: FW: PHP Question on MySQL grouping

2002-03-01 Thread Matthew Crouch
Another way is to set a testing variable and then print an if it changes (this off the top of my head, probably bugs in it but you get the idea) while $myrow=mysql_fetch_row($result) { if $myrow["dishtype"]<>$test { echo ""; //here you would print the rest of the info about the dish from the

[PHP-DB] Re: Building secure authentification with sessions

2002-03-01 Thread Matthew Crouch
this is in the ballpark: http://phpbuilder.com/columns/ying2602.php3?page=1 Andy wrote: > Hi there, > > I did recently read an article about security. Now I absolutly see the need > of recoding my authentification procedure on a community site. > > There are questions I hoped some of you gu

[PHP-DB] easy date format question

2002-03-01 Thread Matthew Crouch
should be simple as pie, of course, but i can't find a straightforward syntax example in the documentation. i'm trying to change the PHP date format to mysql's. my code: $today = date("MMDD"); $sql = "INSERT into table (date) values ('$today')"; and so on... is filling the date field with ze

[PHP-DB] request and response objects?

2002-01-30 Thread Matthew Crouch
basically a yes or no question my brother wants me to ask: Does PHP support these objects? If not, Can they be faked? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrator

[PHP-DB] PHP/Mysql web hosting: who's best?

2001-12-19 Thread Matthew Crouch
I looked at hypermart.net and they want $30 a month, which seems okay but their package comes with things I don't need, like 15 email addresses. I have a modest little dB -- does anyone know of good deals for plain folk? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[PHP-DB] Re: converting extracted variables to arrays

2001-12-19 Thread Matthew Crouch
here it is: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > i have a variable which is multi valued seperated by # (say as) delimiter > > like student#name#address#college#etc... #...# > i want to seperate it into an array with index $i > can anyone suggest a

[PHP-DB] Re: Dynamically populating a dropdown box

2001-12-13 Thread Matthew Crouch
I'm no expert, and my code is probably buggy, but I think this is the gist of it: %s", $myrow["colorid"], $myrow["colorname"]); } ?> Chris Payne wrote: > Hi there everyone, > > I have a shopping cart which is starting to work nicely, but I have to select >size/color from the entries, how do

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: parse error

2001-12-13 Thread Matthew Crouch
your line 357 doesn't appear to have its semicolon... Rob Day wrote: > Sorry for not giving enough info. This is right in the middle of the script. > I do have the opening and closing tags. It must ne something else. > > -Original Message- > From: Matthew Crouch [mai

[PHP-DB] Re: parse error

2001-12-13 Thread Matthew Crouch
you haven't shut your script with the ?> before starting your HTML, near as I can figure it Rob Day wrote: > I've written a small script that processes a form from a webpage and sends > the submitted data as an HTML e-mail that has the form all filled out > already. I've gotten smaller versions

[PHP-DB] Multiple mysql inserts

2001-12-13 Thread Matthew Crouch
I have multiple functions hitting the dB (mysql) with inserts in a single page, and they can't seem to get together; i.e. I can get this or that function to do its job, but not all of them at once. Is there something I should know about "closing out" a mysql_query or $result before another can be

[PHP-DB] Re: SQL problem is killing this newbie

2001-12-12 Thread Matthew Crouch
You need an associating table; members and movies are in a many-to-many relationship here. The associating table represents the act of viewing-a-movie, and describe who and what are involved comme ca: "members" memberid, name 1 Fred 2 Jack 3 Jill "movies" movieid, title 1 Fear and loathing 2 Mo

[PHP-DB] Re: sorry...probably too easy

2001-12-05 Thread Matthew Crouch
solved my own problem. if anyone else needs it, the function is substr($string, firstposition, number) http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/StringTheory/page4.html Mateo The Db Guy wrote: > i'm fairly new to php, and thank you in advance for helping. > is there a function that will extract the