Re: [PHP-DB] changing field size

2001-06-22 Thread Christopher Ostmo
Adv. Systems Design pressed the little lettered thingies in this order... hello *: I have initially set a field named title to be varchar(50)...I am finding that it is not long enough...can I change the size without adversely affecting existing data? ALTER TABLE table_name CHANGE

Re: [PHP-DB] passing db persistent connections through different pages

2001-06-22 Thread Christopher Ostmo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] pressed the little lettered thingies in this order... hello, I've this silly question: how can I pass a db persistent connection from a script to another? (it seems there's no way: but what's the use then of them?) eg, I tryed this 2 scripts (with Oracle 8.1.6)

Re: [PHP-DB] Connecting to MySQL

2001-06-22 Thread Christopher Ostmo
Keith Whyman pressed the little lettered thingies in this order... Can anyone help with this problem ! user name should just be keith but the @localhost gets added and then I can't connect ??? Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Access denied for user: 'keith@localhost' (Using password:

[PHP-DB] Oracle-PHP

2001-06-22 Thread Vandana
I've just installed php4.0.4 , apache-1.3.14 and oracle8.1.6 on my RedHat 7.0 machine.I am trying to write a php script to connect to my oracle database.But I am facing problems.When I used the oci8 functions as follows: ?php putenv(ORACLE_SID=sid);

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL connection: Change on syntaxis?

2001-06-22 Thread Christopher Ostmo
Tomás García Ferrari pressed the little lettered thingies in this order... Hello, I updated php to version 4.0.5 and MySQL to version 2.32.39, had errors on lines like this: $rows = mysql_num_rows($result); and noticed that this is a solution: $rows =

[PHP-DB] Accessing a Berkeley DB V1.85 using PHP V4.0.5

2001-06-22 Thread David Robinson (AU)
Hello I am trying to access a Berkeley database V1.85 using PHP V4.0.5 (on Windows 2000) without success. I have tried the dbmopen() routines and dba_open(..., ..., dbm) routines. dbmopen() etc. are successful but the results suggest that they do not support this database format. The

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL connection: Change on syntaxis?

2001-06-22 Thread Paul Burney
on 6/21/01 2:30 PM, Tomás García Ferrari at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I updated php to version 4.0.5 and MySQL to version 2.32.39, had errors on lines like this: $rows = mysql_num_rows($result); and noticed that this is a solution: $rows = @mysql_num_rows($result); Is this a new

RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL connection: Change on syntaxis?

2001-06-22 Thread David Balatero
$rows = mysql_num_rows($result) should work. If you want to know what's going on, try doing: ?php $rows = mysql_num_rows($result) or die(Error grabbing number of rows. MySQL said:pfont color=red . mysql_error() . /font); ? -- David Balatero -Original Message- From: Tomás García Ferrari

Re: [PHP-DB] Informix Question (Still need help,please)

2001-06-22 Thread Paul Burney
on 6/21/01 2:23 PM, wflow at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I want to do is create another query from some of the data from another one. The question is how do I take the data I get back from my first query and put that into variables so I can build my second query. The example I have in mind

[PHP-DB] page expired

2001-06-22 Thread andRie Is
Hello php-er, how to make user to start login again after several minute doesnt doing anything ? i want to use it and implement it using session. so after the pages expired i want to destroy the session exist. anyone can help me ? TIA A real friend is one who walks in when the rest

Re: [PHP-DB] Connecting to MySQL

2001-06-22 Thread Keith Whyman
Thanks everyone for the help ! Discovered the problem ! My provider had changed the name of the host, without telling anyone ! ahhh the sort of thing that makes life fun ! :-) Sounds like either: 1) You don't have your correct username/password info in the mySQL/user table or 2) Your

Re: [PHP-DB] Connecting to MySQL

2001-06-22 Thread Dobromir Velev
Hi, the @localhost is to show the database server you are trying to log on and it has nothing to do with your problem. Please check your username and password and if you have the right permissions. Dobromir Velev -Original Message- From: Keith Whyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL connection: Change on syntaxis?

2001-06-22 Thread Dobromir Velev
Hi, the '@' is an error control operator avaialble in all php versions. When prepended to an expression in PHP, any error messages that might be generated by that expression will be ignored. Check the PHP Manual for more info. Dobromir Velev -Original Message- From: Tomás García Ferrari

Re: [PHP-DB] 1 is not a valid PostgreSQL link resource

2001-06-22 Thread Russ Michell
someone friend say me that rebuild source code php 4.0.4 , is true I don't think you need to do anything as drastic as that! I generally receive this error message if mysql_connect() (similar to other _connect() functions) isn't given the right number of arguments. Send the offending code

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL connection: Change on syntaxis?

2001-06-22 Thread Russ Michell
Is this a new use of the function mysql_num_rows? No! You can use the @ to 'suppress error messages' that may reveal delicate information to users such as paths to directories on your server. It can be preppended to almost any php function likely to result in an error, if used incorrectly.

Re: [PHP-DB] Informix Question (Still need help,please)

2001-06-22 Thread Paul Gardiner
Hi, Have a try with something like this. Not tested and it's Friday ;o) $connid = ifx_connect(blah,blah,blah) or die(An error occurred connecting to database); $Query = SELECT tracknum,orderdate,ordertotal,status,shipdate . FROM orders . WHERE

RE: [PHP-DB] mysql client compression with php?

2001-06-22 Thread Steve Brett
have a look at ob_start(ob_gzhandler) which will compress the page and then send it, expecting the client to decompress it on arrival. this is all handled transparently so you don't need to worry about the decompression. i found it very slightly slower but enormous reductions in network

[PHP-DB] Connecting to MySQL

2001-06-22 Thread Lester June Cabrera
How can I connect to our MySQL server remotely. Ordinarily, we upload the same PHP application the same machine that runs MySQL too. So, I just access it using localhost in the mysql_connect( ) function, like: mysql_connect($servername,$dbusername,$dbpassword); where

[PHP-DB] Registration

2001-06-22 Thread TathitSA

Re: [PHP-DB] Informix Question (Still need help,please)

2001-06-22 Thread Christian Haul
On 21.Jun.2001 -- 02:22 PM, William Flow wrote: Chris, Thanks for the advice, of course I already did rtfm and the ifx_fetch_rows entry did not really help me. It, in fact does NOT return an enumerated array, as the top line of the page states. It ONLY returns an associative array.

Re: [PHP-DB] Informix Question (Still need help,please)

2001-06-22 Thread Christian Haul
On 21.Jun.2001 -- 02:22 PM, William Flow wrote: Chris, Thanks for the advice, of course I already did rtfm and the ifx_fetch_rows entry did not really help me. It, in fact does NOT return an enumerated array, as the top line of the page states. It ONLY returns an associative array.

[PHP-DB] Password Protect page

2001-06-22 Thread Rubanowicz, Lisa
Hi All, I have an Admin section for my site (where users fill in web forms and it changes the site and upload facility for images) and would like a script that does a User Logon page. Password is enough. I have created a TABLE in my mySQL database called bw_password with two fields id and

RE: [PHP-DB] 1 is not a valid PostgreSQL link resource

2001-06-22 Thread Steve Brett
i think this could also be your query failing. if you have an invlaid sql staement you'll get the same error. Steve -Original Message- From: Carlos Estala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 June 2001 18:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] 1 is not a valid PostgreSQL link

Re: [PHP-DB] passing db persistent connections through different pages

2001-06-22 Thread boltthrower
On Thu, 21 June 2001, Christopher Ostmo wrote: The persistence of the DB connection follows the child process that serves your individual web page request. The first time a child process requests a persistent DB connection, it will maintain that connection until the child process dies.

Re: [PHP-DB] Does PHP work with MSSQL 2000?

2001-06-22 Thread snpe
On Thursday 21 June 2001 23:07, Chris Cowan wrote: Does PHP work with MSSQL 2000? It's work with freetds library regards, peco -- 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

[PHP-DB] PHP+Linux+MSSQL

2001-06-22 Thread Martin Pavlas
Hi all, I'm totaly lost. I have a Linux server (Debian Potato), which runs Apache (1.3.14) + PHP (4.0.5) and MySQL (3.23.39). Now, I need to connect to other machine (NT) which runs MS SQL 7 and I need to insert some data to this machine. I'll read this data from my MySQL and I need to store

[PHP-DB] submitbutton/imagebutton

2001-06-22 Thread Jan de Koster
Hi, I'm kind of new to php so there may be an obvious answer but I can't find it for the moment. What I want to do is change the 'type=submit' of a submit button to 'type=image' so I can control the looks of the button. In pure HTML there is of course no problem, the image is still used as a

Re: [PHP-DB] Connecting to MySQL

2001-06-22 Thread Jan de Koster
What needs to be done is that you create a new user in the 'user' databese where you replace 'localhost' with the IP number of the machine you will be using to log in to your database and then grant the appropriate priviliges. hope to have been of any help. jan Lester June Cabrera wrote: How

[PHP-DB] Password Protect page

2001-06-22 Thread Rubanowicz, Lisa
Hi All, I have an Admin section for my site (where users fill in web forms and it changes the site and upload facility for images) and would like a script that does a User Logon page. Password is enough. I have created a TABLE in my mySQL database called bw_password with two fields id and

Re: [PHP-DB] Password Protect page

2001-06-22 Thread Jan de Koster
// USED FOR AUTHENTICATION function authenticate_user(){ Header(WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\[EMAIL PROTECTED]\); Header(HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized); echo You are not authorized to enter this section of the site!\n; exit; }

Re: [PHP-DB] Connecting to MySQL

2001-06-22 Thread Andreas D. Landmark
At 22.06.2001 09:42, you wrote: How can I connect to our MySQL server remotely. Ordinarily, we upload the same PHP application the same machine that runs MySQL too. So, I just access it using localhost in the mysql_connect( ) function, like:

RE: [PHP-DB] How do I backup my MySQL database? asks a Newbie.

2001-06-22 Thread Jonathan Hilgeman
I run different mySQL servers and frequently use them to back up the others (i.e. I'll use ServerTwo to hold a backup of ServerOne's data in case ServerOne goes down), so I wrote a few functions to help copying databases between servers for backups, and to manage databases and tables on single

Re: [PHP-DB] Informix Question (Still need help,please)

2001-06-22 Thread Dan Fitzpatrick
B, Do your first query, then run this (for one record returned). while($row = ifx_fetch_row($query_result_id)) { for(reset($row); $fieldname=key($row); next($row)) { $$fieldname = $row[$fieldname]; } } Do your second query. The while statement

RE: [PHP-DB] Does PHP work with MSSQL 2000?

2001-06-22 Thread Andrew Hill
It also works well with ODBC. Best regards, Andrew Hill Director of Technology Evangelism OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com Universal Data Access Data Integration Technology Providers -Original Message- From: snpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001

Re: [PHP-DB] submitbutton/imagebutton

2001-06-22 Thread Paul Burney
on 6/22/01 6:10 AM, Jan de Koster at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm kind of new to php so there may be an obvious answer but I can't find it for the moment. Look at the PHP FAQ, it's a great place to start: http://php.net/FAQ.php In pure HTML there is of course no problem, the image is still

[PHP-DB] .htaccess

2001-06-22 Thread vipin chandran
Hi, Can anyone tell me what is the .htaccess file and how to use it? Thanx, vipin chandran [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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 administrators,

RE: [PHP-DB] submitbutton/imagebutton

2001-06-22 Thread Thomas
No, with an image, the value captured are the coordinates x and y above the image this means that if your variable is called submit, the two variables $submit_x and $submit_y are set. - Mensaje original - De: Jan de Koster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado: vendredi 22

Re: [PHP-DB] Password Protect page

2001-06-22 Thread Andreas D. Landmark
At 22.06.2001 11:23, you wrote: I tried but to no avail, I was trying to send the header to redirect if the password in the input box matches the database password but it kept saying that the header was already sent.. I tried Javascript aswell, doing a location.href = URL within the if

[PHP-DB] strange numbers in link

2001-06-22 Thread sgibbs
Our website uses mysql/php. I found the link as a hard coded link and I can't figure out why the programmer would have used c2x5han as a keyword instead of chan - which is an acronym for Child Health Nutrition. I thinking about changing the link but not sure what the repercussions would be

Re: [PHP-DB] Password Protect page

2001-06-22 Thread Angie Tollerson
I ALWAYS use this set of scripts because they don't have to integrate into your pages. They are a front end check that you just add one line to the top of all your pages you want to secure. The check runs and if they have clearance, THEN your page displays. Very easy to use and customize.

RE: [PHP-DB] Informix question

2001-06-22 Thread Mark Roedel
-Original Message- From: Bård Farstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Informix question I'm writing an application which uses the PHP interface to informix. I'm having trouble with newlines in

Re: [PHP-DB] Password Protect page

2001-06-22 Thread Xsarus Internetdiensten
Hey Lisa, it's very simple. You was on the right way! The reason that you got the error 'header already sent': you did NOT use header at the top of your script! There we're some bytes send to the client! So your header only can be sent if the client did not receive some data!!! Below an

[PHP-DB] advantages/disads of primary keys and indices?

2001-06-22 Thread Noah Spitzer-Williams
what are the advantages and disadvantages of primary keys and indices? - Noah -- 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 administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]