I am playing around with Mysql and php and I am not sure about when it
is best do something in mysql or php when BOTH can perform the
operation.
Example, date formating can be performed by Mysql during the query
DATE_FORMAT(blah, blah...) or by php with date(blah, blah..). What are
the upsides/do
The kind of thing I'm looking to do is to insert a variable number of
records into a database as a consequence of a form entry.
I am using PHP with a MySQL database to store information that is
vaguely analogous to a fast food online ordering system. I have a table
containing individual items with
> select itemname from deals d, items i, deal_items di where
> d.dealid=di.dealid and i.itemid = di.itemid and dealname="meal 1";
Would I be correct in thinking that the above is in effect the same as:
select itemname from deals, items, deal_items
where deals.dealid=deal_items.dealid
and item
