[PHP-DB] NEXTVAL(serial)

2001-09-26 Thread Ric Manalac
hello. i've seen DEFAULT NEXTVAL(serial) being used in some examples but i have not seen an explanation of what it exactly does. can anyone please explain what it is and how it can be used? i have some idea but i want to make sure by asking other people. thanks! ric --

[PHP-DB] executing system commands

2001-10-25 Thread Ric Manalac
hi, i'm a newbiew php developer. i'm trying to execute a system command in one of my php scripts. what i would like to do is to create a directory. my code goes like this: // chunk of code starts here $directory = generate_sessionid(); $command = mkdir

[PHP-DB] background process

2001-10-29 Thread Ric Manalac
hi everyone, has anyone here created an application using background processes? what i have in mind is to be able to run the background process once a day to check for files that are more than 5 days old and delete them. thanks in advance. regards, ric --

Re: [PHP-DB] background process

2001-10-29 Thread Ric Manalac
hi, thanks for the reply. i will look up docs that discuss cron. i'm sorry but i didn't get what you mean by m/c. please explain. thanks! regards, ric DL Neil wrote: has anyone here created an application using background processes? what i have in mind is to be able to run the