Re: [PHP] MySQL vs. basic text file

2002-09-24 Thread drparker
ok - thanks for all the replies. it looks like there are no real drawbacks and plently of advantages in using MySQL instead of text files, so i'll do the next project with it. one more question - is there a concrete file that has the database in mySQL? like a file that I could download and

[PHP] MySQL vs. basic text file

2002-09-23 Thread Doug Parker
often i use text files at my data sources, delimted by the | symbol. i simply delimit the fields of each line, then when i need to open them, i open the text file, populate an array with each line, then explode the fields for each to get the corresponding values. i use this method for

RE: [PHP] MySQL vs. basic text file

2002-09-23 Thread Steve Bradwell
. -Original Message- From: Doug Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 7:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] MySQL vs. basic text file often i use text files at my data sources, delimted by the | symbol. i simply delimit the fields of each line, then when i need

Re: [PHP] MySQL vs. basic text file

2002-09-23 Thread Steve Werby
Doug Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i was wondering if there is anything i'm not thinking of that perhaps would push me to favor using php and mysql instead of the plain old text file. It sounds like you're basically asking why one would want to use a relational database. Standardization,

Re: [PHP] MySQL vs. basic text file

2002-09-23 Thread John S. Huggins
I was doing this too with good old AWK CGI scripts and text data files. Once I imported the data into MySQL I said, Well this is not much benefit. Then I started sorting. Then I accessed the information from a different application. Then I wrote a maintenance application so my customer could

RE: [PHP] MySQL vs. basic text file

2002-09-23 Thread David Buerer
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] MySQL vs. basic text file often i use text files at my data sources, delimted by the | symbol. i simply delimit the fields of each line, then when i need to open them, i open the text file, populate an array with each line, then explode the fields for each

Re: [PHP] MySQL vs. basic text file

2002-09-23 Thread Justin French
Hi Doug, on 22/09/02 9:25 AM, Doug Parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: often i use text files at my data sources, delimted by the | symbol. i simply delimit the fields of each line, then when i need to open them, i open the text file, populate an array with each line, then explode the fields