Re: [PHP] mysql help (sorry, a bit OT)
Hello Gary, Actually, what I do here is the following: I create a subdomain called beta.mysite.com (for me it's http://beta.oire.org/ and http://beta.gviragon.org/ :-)). There I have a copy of my database and all of my files. The only difference is the mysql_select_db in the connect.php file. There I can easily test everything I need (including PHP files and MySql queries) without any danger to crash the main release). -- With best regards from Ukraine, Andre Skype: Francophile Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_elensule Facebook: http://facebook.com/menelion - Original message - From: Gary php-gene...@garydjones.name To: php-general@lists.php.net php-general@lists.php.net Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 3:35:12 PM Subject: [PHP] mysql help (sorry, a bit OT) Is there a way to check the syntax of a query, short of running it? I've got an insert to do (but of course it's a valid question for any query that changes the db contents) and would like to know that the sql I am generating (in php - see! not so off-topic!) is correct. What I don't want to do is run it for testing (live system *sigh*) and find out it is correct (it will change the db), but... I have to test it to check that the syntax (at least) *is* correct. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] mysql help (sorry, a bit OT)
It's always best practice to have a staging server for testing these sorts of things. If in doubt, run it in a transaction, but don't commit it, I.e. roll it back. That way you'll see if it would run but nothing actually changes. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk - Reply message - From: Gary php-gene...@garydjones.name Date: Tue, Nov 16, 2010 13:35 Subject: [PHP] mysql help (sorry, a bit OT) To: php-general@lists.php.net Is there a way to check the syntax of a query, short of running it? I've got an insert to do (but of course it's a valid question for any query that changes the db contents) and would like to know that the sql I am generating (in php - see! not so off-topic!) is correct. What I don't want to do is run it for testing (live system *sigh*) and find out it is correct (it will change the db), but... I have to test it to check that the syntax (at least) *is* correct. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] mysql help (sorry, a bit OT)
-Original Message- From: Gary [mailto:php-gene...@garydjones.name] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:35 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] mysql help (sorry, a bit OT) Is there a way to check the syntax of a query, short of running it? I've got an insert to do (but of course it's a valid question for any query that changes the db contents) and would like to know that the sql I am generating (in php - see! not so off-topic!) is correct. What I don't want to do is run it for testing (live system *sigh*) and find out it is correct (it will change the db), but... I have to test it to check that the syntax (at least) *is* correct. Gary, If you use a current version of the MySQL workbench, the tool can send complete SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE statement, with all the fields, to the query window for the selected table. That way you'll know that you have the proper field (name and quoted with `). Add that to what Ash suggested of having a local copy of the database, you'll have little or no chance of breakage in the app because of a silly SQL syntax error ;) Regards, Tommy -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
