Re: [PHP-DB] Limited number of database results

2006-12-13 Thread John Meyer
Niel Archer wrote: > Hi > > use a LIMIT clause in your SQL. Something like: > > $query="SELECT * FROM WHERE hello = '$hello' LIMIT " . ($page - 1) * > $rows . ", $rows"; > > then you only need specify the logic to set the page, row and > limitations > > You also typically need to use the

Re: [PHP-DB] Help Needed!!

2006-11-08 Thread John Meyer
Forgive me for saying this, but you should be posting this to the Oracle mailing list, not here. David Skyers wrote: > Hello, > > I have an input field that inserts data into an oracle table. The users > of the system will be composing the data that goes into this input field > in Microsoft Word.

RE: [PHP-DB] Can you recommend Australian LAMP web hosting service?

2006-08-10 Thread John Meyer
BTW, not to shill, but if somebody needs a free LAMP system, you can go to http://www.110mb.com -Original Message- From: Miles Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 5:56 AM To: PHP DB Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Can you recommend Australian LAMP web hosting service

[PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] Class ADODB - Method GenID() in MySQL

2006-07-19 Thread John Meyer
Sorry, this should have gone to PHP-general, my bad.

[PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] Class ADODB - Method GenID() in MySQL

2006-07-19 Thread John Meyer
Wouldn't this: $id = mysql_insert_id(); $query = "UPDATE tablename SET id=" . ($id + 1); $result = mysql_query($query); Be a little simpler. But like I said, I'm confused over the need for this in the first place, seeing as how an "auto_incremented" primary key is self-descriptive. or are you sav

Re: [PHP-DB] detecting negative numbers

2006-07-17 Thread John Meyer
Dave W wrote: No, I get it. I just thought that there might have been some built in function like if(neg_num($quant - $amount)) or something like that. I know how to do it, but I thought that there might have been an alternate method. Just because I asked a simple question doesn't mean I'm stup

Re: [PHP-DB] Converting to Decimal

2006-06-28 Thread John Meyer
Mark Bomgardner wrote: I am query a database and pulling some decimal values out of the table, but when I display whole numbers in php, it drops the decimal places. It takes a value of 12.00 in the database and makes it 12, where I need 12.00. I am having trouble finding ways to "cast" this val

[PHP-DB] Chinese characters

2006-06-07 Thread John Meyer
Is there any way to filter out Chinese or Asian characters from what I get from this list? I understand that there are a lot of intelligent, well-meaning Asians on this list but my system seems to get Montezuma's revenge when I look at those e-mails. -- Online library -- http://pueblonative.11

Re: [PHP-DB] Linux Commands

2006-06-03 Thread John Meyer
Manoj Singh wrote: Hello All, Is it possible to run the Linux Commands through php functions or code? If anyone knows, please help me out. Regards Manoj http://www.php.net/exec BTW, this is very risky and exposes your server to attacks. Try to find an alternative first before you let hac

Re: [PHP-DB] Sending multiple items via a single form field

2006-01-30 Thread John Meyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hayri wrote: > can somebody tell me what the hell does mysql_fetch_assoc do ??? > > thx It fetches a row of a result as an associative array (hash), the same as mysql_fetch_array($retval,MYSQL_ASSOC). -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4

Re: [PHP-DB] Limit chars from select

2006-01-29 Thread John Meyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gavin Amm wrote: > I'd like to avoid having to manually add all of the cols to the select > statement if possible, so if there's a universal command I can put in > that'd be best. In that case, what I would do is just do your SELECT statement, sans th

Re: [PHP-DB] Limit chars from select

2006-01-29 Thread John Meyer
Gavin Amm wrote: > How do I limit the characters a Select statement returns? > In Seudo code: > SELECT * FROM myTable LIMITCHARS 30; > > I'm using MySQL. > > Thanks. > Do you want to limit the characters from an individual field? If so, then SELECT SUBSTRING(FIELD1 FROM 1 FOR 30) FROM myTable

Re: [PHP-DB] database for books question

2006-01-21 Thread John Meyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Flint Million wrote: > Good idea. OK so I'll create a new database with subject ID's. Now, back in > the primary database, how can I have multiple subjects assigned to one book? > Let's say I repeat my above example and we assign "Nonfiction" to 1, > "

Re: [PHP-DB] database for books question

2006-01-21 Thread John Meyer
Flint Million wrote: > Now I want to be able to do a subject listing as well as a search. For > example, if I asked for a lsit of all subjects, I want something like: > Nonfiction (2) > PHP (1) > Technology (2) > Computers (1) > Programming (1) > History (1) > Linux (1) > In database design, I'd

Re: [PHP-DB] Storing Credit Cards, Passwords, Securely, two-way encryption

2006-01-05 Thread John Meyer
Peter Beckman wrote: So I'm thinking about how to save credit card numbers in the DB, for re-charging cards for subscriptions, new orders, etc. Why, is the first question I would ask you. First off, on a new order, why wouldn't you just save the authorization code, instead of the credit card

Re: [PHP-DB] isset or ! isset what is my problem?

2006-01-02 Thread John Meyer
On Monday 02 January 2006 8:54 pm, Ralph wrote: > I'm building a URL based on data extracted from mySQL and I want the > text space.gif used as my default value should the variable $picture > by NULL. > > The results of the code below kick back a value for $picture when it > is set in the database,

[PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] To the person who told me about HTMLdoc

2005-12-28 Thread John Meyer
On Wednesday 28 December 2005 7:27 am, Rory Browne wrote: > It'd probably be handier to use the continious file. > > htmldoc can be used as a gui app, so if you don't want to read the > instructions, then that would probably be handiest. No I want to read the instructions. And how many pages shoul

[PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] PhP

2005-12-27 Thread John Meyer
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 4:07 pm, James Lumb wrote: > Hi, > Does anyway know whether there is a PHP function which creates a new file? > i know there is fwrite, fopen etc but is there any way of creating a new > file? Thanks, > James > fopen() will create a new file if you open it for writing a

[PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] load testing tools

2005-12-27 Thread John Meyer
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 1:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Oh boy.. here we go.. hah.. can we refrain from a giant anti-Microsoft > war type thing? Just making a joke about the anti-Microsoft feelings out there. -- Dr. Joseph Dolan: Isn't there a children's book about an elephant named Baba

[PHP-DB] To the admin

2005-12-27 Thread John Meyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is bouncing e-mails. -- Dr. Joseph Dolan: Isn't there a children's book about an elephant named Babar? Fletch: I don't know. I don't have any. Dr. Joseph Dolan: No children? Fletch: No, elephant books. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit

[PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] Varchar "date" to real date?

2005-12-27 Thread John Meyer
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 7:01 am, William Stokes wrote: > I think I need some help/ideas with this... > > If I can get this done how can I still display the dates in european format > at my web page? Do I have to break the date to pieces and some how > re-arrange it to the DD.MM. format or

[PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] PDF documentation

2005-12-27 Thread John Meyer
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 2:00 am, Rory Browne wrote: > /me thinks that the OP needs to DL the html.gz manual, procure > htmldoc, chant the magic incantation(i.e. type in the correct > command), and wait for his PDF document to appear. okay, I'll bite, what the hell is htmldoc -- Dr. Joseph Do

[PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] insert to DB

2005-12-26 Thread John Meyer
On Monday 26 December 2005 6:40 pm, adriano ghezzi wrote: > pls could you point out which instruction should insert record in db > thanks... > > 2005/12/18, Anasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > $sql = "UPDATE leaderboard SET Name='$Name', Rating='$Rating' WHERE > > ID=$id"; Um, do you have the option

Re: [PHP-DB] Inserting a php file into a mysql database

2005-12-25 Thread John Meyer
On Sunday 25 December 2005 3:01 pm, Thomas Bonham wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to insert a php page into a database. I need to know if > there is something that I need to do when setting up the table, also is > there something to do with the code. > > Thank You for your help > > Thomas Well, y

Re: [PHP-DB] Scrolling News

2005-12-22 Thread John Meyer
On Thursday 22 December 2005 1:38 pm, Alex Major wrote: > Hi there. > I'm trying to make a scrolling news box for my website. Basically I would > like this news box to get information from a column in my database called > 'news_title' and display it in a scrolling news box. > The reason I'd like it