Re: [PHP-DB] Creating tables

2001-04-25 Thread Brian S. Dunworth
At 08:00 AM 4/25/01 +0200, Herman Wapenaar wrote: I am using a website based in the states to which is PHP enabled. I am using MySQL. Is there a way to create a table with PHP? I do not see any command for that. Well, as an Oracle administrator, I may be going out on a limb here regarding

Re: [PHP-DB] Creating tables

2001-04-25 Thread Miles Thompson
Check your MySQL docs for exact syntax on table creation ... then: Connect to the database Build a SQL statement that does what you want: $sql = CREATE TABLE blah, blah ..; Execute the statement: $result = mysql_query( $sql ); and check for errors, etc. Alternately, if this is a

Re: [PHP-DB] Creating tables

2001-04-25 Thread Subodh Gupta
Hi Herman, I am myself a pro at PHP, but I think, this would be of some help to you. To create a Table, you won't find a comand in PHP. However what you do is build a CREATE TABLE statement and pass that as an argument to mysql_query() function to do the job. Here is a small example:

RE: [PHP-DB] Creating tables

2001-04-24 Thread Tyrone Mills
Hi Herman, Try something like this... $dbname = my_db; $tablename = my_table; $table_def = item_id MEDIUMINT DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,; $table_def .= item_name VARCHAR(50) BINARY NOT NULL,; $table_def .= lastaccessed TIMESTAMP(14),; $table_def .= PRIMARY KEY (item_id),; $table_def