[PHP-DB] update mysql table using php

2001-08-13 Thread Yahoo Email
The following is a portion of the code I have in my php script. elseif ($submit=="Update categories") { if (is_array($Cat_ID)) { while (list($key,$value) = each($Cat_ID)) { print "Updated entry #$value\n"; $query = "update $table2 set CatName = '$CatNam

[PHP-DB] Re: NEXT - PREVIOUS coding

2001-08-13 Thread Tom
Hi, what about other possibilities to do this ? Tom U¿ytkownik "Manuel Lemos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello Pranot, > > On 16-Jul-01 06:09:33, you wrote: > > > >hi.. friends > > >i have a database (mysql) in which their r many recor

[PHP-DB] Show abbreviated article

2001-08-13 Thread Cilfa
Hi, On my website I want to display some articles, in Slashdot style. The main page should only display the first 20 words of the article, and users should be able to click on a link to view the entire article. The articles are stored in a MySQL database, the body of the article in a blob-field.

[PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread Cato Larsen
Hi! I'm trying to authenticate members by using php and MySQL. This is what I've come to so far: How do I make the authentication to go to site: members.php?charnick=$charnick Where $charnick is brung from the DB line who was authenticated? So that Peter won't end up at John 's membersite?

[PHP-DB] Re: VERY strange erro

2001-08-13 Thread Steve Brett
"Piotr Dubla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have a script which accessed a database (MySQL) and reads and wrties > things to it. The first time I run the script everything runs 100% but > then if I re-run it it gives me > > Fatal error: Unsupported operand typ

[PHP-DB] Re: Portability concerns

2001-08-13 Thread Michael
Manuel Lemos wrote: > > Hello André, > > On 03-Aug-01 10:31:30, you wrote: > > >But what other issues are there? Should there not be a part of the PHP > >documentation dedicated to describing all the things you should worry about > >if you want to write portable code? Shouldn't there be a "port

Re: [PHP-DB] Show abbreviated article

2001-08-13 Thread Jason Wong
One way to do it is to: loop through the list of articles; explode the body of article ==> $words = explode(" ", $body, 21); $words is now an array of 21 elements, the first 20 elements contain the first 20 words in the body, the 21st element contains the rest of the body; -- Jason Wong Gremli

[PHP-DB] Re: Show abbreviated article

2001-08-13 Thread Johannes Janson
hi, [...] > My question is this: how can I select only those first 20 words in the > PHP code? SELECT LEFT(YourBlobFiekd, 20) FROM YourTable; hope it helps Johannes -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

[PHP-DB] Re: update mysql table using php

2001-08-13 Thread Johannes Janson
Hi, > Any ideas as to what the problem is? What error do you get? Is the query not working? Put a mysql_error() into your "or die("The category...")" to get the exact error message. And try putting quotes around CAtID = '$value'. > print "Return to the print "Return to CatIndex"; looks much ni

Re: [PHP-DB] Submit forms

2001-08-13 Thread Ian Grant
Yes, thank you, this works! Ian. Paul Burney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > on 8/10/01 7:50 AM, Ian Grant at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've got a simply search form, on my site using PHP and MySQL. > > It writes a SELECT query using WHER

RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Show abbreviated article

2001-08-13 Thread Jon Farmer
NO! This will return the first 20 characters from the field not the first 20 words. To do that you need to use a regexp in the SQL or explode the result in php and use the first 20 elements of the array! Regards Jon Farmer Systems Programmer Entanet International Ltd www.enta.net Tel 01952 4289

Re: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread BoNzO
i use this script with apache/php/mysql then you can always reach the userid with $PHP_AUTH_USER /Mattias Aka BoNzO http://bonzo.sineleven.nu -- Original Message -- From: Cato Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send: 01:47 AM Subject: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP a

[PHP-DB] Interbase lob field on the web

2001-08-13 Thread alex.tesi
Hi i have a problem printing a lob field containing an image. The database i use is Interbase 6.0 I have a blob/lob field with a gif image inside an i like to print this image on the web. Can you help me? Bye Alessandro

Re: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread Sheridan Saint-Michel
I would use either cookies or sessions for this. First Check for the cookie, and verify its contents. If there isn't a cookie then do the login prompt like you are doing now. Here's some pseudocode to give you a quick idea of what I mean if (isset($cookie) { if (CheckCookie()) { SiteCo

Re: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread Cato Larsen
Thanks a mill Sheridan! This was accually what I was looking for, but gave up since the other tutorials and script examples where too complicated for me to grasp. One question to the code on the site: Is it possible to insert info to be grabbed on other sites? Like email password name So you ca

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Show abbreviated article

2001-08-13 Thread Hugh Bothwell
"Jon Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> From: Johannes Janson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: 13 August 2001 12:15 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: Show abbreviated article >> > My question is this: how can I select o

[PHP-DB] Group By problem

2001-08-13 Thread Sharif Islam
I am trying to caregorize to group at the same time, but its not working. Any hints? Here's my code: $temp="Dummy"; while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { if($temp !=$row["group_name"]){ $temp=$row["group_name"] ; echo "Group:$temp"; } $temp1="blah"; if($temp1 !=$row["service_cat"]){ $te

[PHP-DB] Re: Interbase lob field on the web

2001-08-13 Thread Hugh Bothwell
"Alex.Tesi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 003901c123fa$1ff2da50$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:003901c123fa$1ff2da50$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >Hi i have a problem printing a lob field containing an image. >The database i use is Interbase 6.0 >I have a blob/lob field with a gif image inside an i like

[PHP-DB] SELECTS from multiple tables

2001-08-13 Thread Tom Hodder
Hi, If I do a select from multiple tables like so SELECT * FROM, candidates, clients, jobs WHERE candidates.ID = clients.candidate_ID etc etc i then do $row = mysql_f

Re: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread Cato Larsen
One more thing... When I've set up the script and run it on my local server I get this error: "Sheridan Saint-Michel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 00df01c12400$ad2a1220$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:00df01c12400$ad2a1220$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I would use either cookies or sessions for this. >

[PHP-DB] Re: Group By problem

2001-08-13 Thread Hugh Bothwell
"Sharif Islam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I am trying to caregorize to group at the same time, but its not working. > Any hints? > Here's my code: > $temp="Dummy"; > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) > { > if($temp !=$row["group_na

Re: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread Cato Larsen
Arg... I get this error: Unable to update database. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Am I missing something in my DB? Fields in DB: id, email, password, name, loc, aim, icq, msn, yahoo, charname ,charsname, charnick, tit, lvl, picurl, born, appearance, charac, streng, bio, breed, prof, pos

Re: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread Hugh Bothwell
"Cato Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "Sheridan Saint-Michel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > 00df01c12400$ad2a1220$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:00df01c12400$ad2a1220$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > From: Cato Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >

Re: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread Sheridan Saint-Michel
If you note the part of the script where the cookie is set //make unique session id and store it in Database $timer = md5(time()); $sid = $UserID . "+" . $timer; SetCookie("Cookiename",$sid,time()+2592000); file://Set Cookie for 30 days $query = "update members set sid=\"$timer\" where Us

Re: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread Sheridan Saint-Michel
My Script uses a Session ID Variable when verifying the user You don't have a field setup for this. So either change the code in this section $timer = md5(time()); $sid = $email . "+" . $timer; SetCookie("ElectrocutedClanRemains",$sid,time()+2592000); $query = "update members set sid=\"$time

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Group By problem

2001-08-13 Thread Sharif Islam
Thanks for your reply > > You don't show your SQL, but I assume it's something like > SELECT grp,svc,mach FROM table ORDER BY grp,svc,mach > Thats right. But its displaying the same as my code: --- Group:Desktop Service:BACKUP AITSBKUP Service:E-Mail AITSMAIL Service:E-Mail JEEVES Group:Unix Se

Re: [PHP-DB] Group By problem

2001-08-13 Thread Hugh Bothwell
- Original Message - From: "Sharif Islam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hugh Bothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Group By problem > But its displaying the same as my code: The SQL was just for reference, to

Re: [PHP-DB] Another SQL Question

2001-08-13 Thread Barry Prentiss
Thx Alnisa, I had tried your suggested approach earlier. I just tried it again I got the following from SQL*Plus: Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.6.3.0 - Production JServer Release 8.1.6.3.0 - Production SQL> select cat.id, cat.name, count(faq_cat.cat_id) as num_id 2

Re: [PHP-DB] Member authentication with PHP and MySQL

2001-08-13 Thread Cato Larsen
Sorry Hugh. But I accedently hit Ctrl + Enter. If you had red the next message from me, you'd seen what error and so on. Cato -- 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 a

Re: [PHP-DB] Another SQL Question

2001-08-13 Thread Barry Prentiss
Thx Again Alnisa, You were very close, and instrumental in solving this seemingly simple query problem. The actual query that worked looks like this: SQL> select cat.id, cat.name, count(faq_cat.cat_id) as num 2 from mdfaq_faq_cat faq_cat, mdfaq_category cat 3 where faq_cat.cat_id (+) = c

Re: [PHP-DB] Another SQL Question

2001-08-13 Thread Alnisa Allgood
At 9:29 AM -0700 8/13/01, Barry Prentiss wrote: >Thx Alnisa, > I had tried your suggested approach earlier. > I just tried it again I got the following from SQL*Plus: Wow, Oracle, what a pain. (Actually, it's probably pure laziness that MySQL doesn't check for this, but anyway). Anyway, I look

Re: [PHP-DB] Another SQL Question

2001-08-13 Thread Alnisa Allgood
At 10:31 AM -0700 8/13/01, Barry Prentiss wrote: >Thx Again Alnisa, > You were very close, and instrumental in solving this seemingly simple >query problem. > The actual query that worked looks like this: > > SQL> select cat.id, cat.name, count(faq_cat.cat_id) as num > 2 from mdfaq_faq_cat f

[PHP-DB] Windows+GD-ed Images

2001-08-13 Thread Jonathan Hilgeman
Hi people, I have a site that is made up of a number of different images that are all created on the fly with GD. The site works fine on a stable UNIX environment, but I have tried to transfer it to a regular Windows box for development, and I am having some troubles. MOST of the images will work

[PHP-DB] Anyone used Pearson Corilations in PHP

2001-08-13 Thread Robert Trembath
Good Afternoon Everyone, I am a fellow PHP developer that has run into a project where I need to know if anyone has created anything like this. I need to do Pearson Corilations on Data from MySQL to do a top 10 match that compares DNA numerical image data(grayscale(0-255) and creates an image

[PHP-DB] Resource Consumption

2001-08-13 Thread Jonathan Hilgeman
I previously posted that GD was giving me grief after a while, once I had moved the development of my site over to a Windows machine running Apache. I believe I now know why there were problems. After a while, I began receiving error messages and they would output in the middle of the image code,

[PHP-DB] MySQL Modules and multiple database

2001-08-13 Thread Szii
Opening multiple databases on the same database machine seems unsupported. While you CAN do it, it has a tendency to "reuse" the last connection even in lieu of a specific database. Right now we're using mysql_db_query() to get around it, but with that becoming deprecated, we need to find anothe

[PHP-DB] MySQL Connection Lost....

2001-08-13 Thread Adam Douglas
Ok I've finally gotten MySQL 3.23.37 installed and operating. Thanks to all that helped! The problem I'm now experiencing is when I try to interface with MySQL via PHP. MySQL seems to work fine by logging into MySQL directly and through a MySQL GUI Client. I get the following error... Warning:

[PHP-DB] Can PHP exclude % characters in external txt file?

2001-08-13 Thread Brian Tegtmeier
Whats up everybody? I am setting up a PHP script that has a text file, but in the actual text file it has a % tag before each item in the list due to a way this database is setup. What i am trying to do is have this txt file display on one of my subpages, but have PHP force the removal of the

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Modules and multiple database

2001-08-13 Thread Paul Burney
on 8/13/01 1:56 PM, Szii ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Opening multiple databases on the same database machine > seems unsupported. While you CAN do it, it has a tendency > to "reuse" the last connection even in lieu of a specific database. > Right now we're using mysql_db_query() to get around i

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Modules and multiple database

2001-08-13 Thread Szii
Done both. In fact, I create an object which has 2 database objects in it. If I dump the objects, I can WATCH as they "merge" and point at the same database. I go back to using mysql_db_query() and everything's fine. It would appear that the mysql_select_db() is not persisting. If you call it o

[PHP-DB] Re: Can PHP exclude % characters in external txt file?

2001-08-13 Thread Phillip Bow
I can't think of a simple way to do it off of an include, but off the top of my head: -- phill "Brian Tegtmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Whats up everybody? I am setting up a PHP script that has a text file, but in the actual text file

[PHP-DB] error on post

2001-08-13 Thread John Telesh
I have created a form which I cannot duplicate the error which is coming up only sometimes. An affiliate to my client had received emails regarding the following error: "The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL/index.html" The page this is running on is called "maxout.php" and it is

[PHP-DB] OCIDefineByName/OCIBindByName help?

2001-08-13 Thread Barry Prentiss
Hi, Can anyone help me to understand the OCIBindByName/OCIDefineByName functionality when used with the Oracle 'returning' clause? These two functions are seriously under-documented at PHP.net. I need the sequence-generated ID created during an insert for further manipulation. I tried sequence-

Re: [PHP-DB] OCIDefineByName/OCIBindByName help?

2001-08-13 Thread Graeme Merrall
Quoting Barry Prentiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > Can anyone help me to understand the OCIBindByName/OCIDefineByName > functionality when used with the Oracle 'returning' clause? These two > functions are seriously under-documented at PHP.net. > I need the sequence-generated ID created during

Re: [PHP-DB] OCIDefineByName/OCIBindByName help?

2001-08-13 Thread Graeme Merrall
Quoting Barry Prentiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > Can anyone help me to understand the OCIBindByName/OCIDefineByName > functionality when used with the Oracle 'returning' clause? These two > functions are seriously under-documented at PHP.net. > I need the sequence-generated ID created during

[PHP-DB] mail function

2001-08-13 Thread Travis Cannell
hi all, I cant seem to get my mail function to work. OK so i am a noob, that might have something to do with it. I am using a script I found called the HTML Mime Mail Class, which does everything i need except actually send the mail. I am guessing that there is some config problems, but i am not

[PHP-DB] Re: Show abbreviated article

2001-08-13 Thread Tom Henry
Try using MySQL to do that right in the query itself (and save the overhead of retreiving the whole blob then PHP'ing the blob too). From the MySQL Doc's ;-) RTFM once at least -- SUBSTRING(str,pos,len) SUBSTRING(str FROM pos FOR len) MID(str,pos,

[PHP-DB] start over on database read inorder to read from the beggining again

2001-08-13 Thread Caleb Walker
How can I run through a database like I am trying to do here? It seems like at the end of the first I need to start over in order to start reading from the beggining of the database on the second. I hope that I hace explained my problem well if not please reply with your questions. Thank you

Re: [PHP-DB] start over on database read inorder to read from the beggining again

2001-08-13 Thread Jason Wong
> How can I run through a database like I am trying to do here? It seems like > at the end of the first I need to start over in order to start reading from > the beggining of the database on the second. > I hope that I hace explained my problem well if not please reply with your > questions. Tha

RE: [PHP-DB] start over on database read inorder to read from the beggining again

2001-08-13 Thread Lars B. Jensen, LJ Webnologics
To run with less overhead, I would advice to only access the database when absolutely nessary. Therefor I would approach the problem with pasting the database result into an array and then doing the work from here - an array is much faster to work with rather than db. An approach could be / La

Re: [PHP-DB] error on post

2001-08-13 Thread Renze Munnik
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 03:38:50PM -0700, John Telesh wrote: > I have created a form which I cannot duplicate the error which is coming up > only sometimes. An affiliate to my client had received emails regarding the > following error: > > "The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL/in