mmi — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 23:01:13 +0000

Quote: MMI is there a link you dont have something for

yeah, a job

here's an intro to SQL (very sketchy summary)

mairving — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 21:46:27 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Busy

Mairving you want to sell a fraction of your brain your very clued up

Well now, if I sold you a fraction of my brain, I wouldn't have any left.

The point is that it is a good idea to learn SQL if you plan to use it. Learn how to SELECT, JOIN, INSERT, UPDATE, etc and you will be a long way towards accomplishing your goal.

Busy — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 21:32:58 +0000

Mairving, your right about PHPMyAdmin, but when I started using MySQL (not very long ago) I didnt know where to type the commands (still dont lol), I figured at the DOS prompt but dont know DOS and none of the tuts tell you where, they just say: "copy this ..." or "type this ..." dont say how, where, to save as what if needed to be saved (example from text editor).
Mairving you want to sell a fraction of your brain your very clued up

MMI is there a link you dont have something for

Megan - "my-example" file is spelt that way "my-example" in its properties it says .cnf but dosnt show it, doing a search for it only brings up the one, i searched for my-example. the file actually shows a shortcut icon but its not a shortcut

Dreaded Orange Spots

mmi — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 15:21:19 +0000

DOS tutorials - the real DOS

Megan — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 15:19:29 +0000

Well, maybe I'll do a little bit of both, we'll see. I probably won't get to that for awhile yet anyway.

mairving — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 14:51:25 +0000

The only thing bad about using PhpMyAdmin is that you don't really learn the SQL commands since it does those for you. It is like the difference between knowing HTML and using a WYSIWYG editor. It makes it harder to troubleshoot the code.

Megan — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 14:29:07 +0000

Thanks, mairving! I did manage to get in there but it said that this service has already been installed...weird. Would you believe that there are basically no resources on DOS on the 'net? No beginner's guides or anything like that.

Busy - I installed them all separately. Thanks for the tips on my-example (it is example that I should be looking for, right? I think that's what my instructions said) Thanks for the tip on PHPMyAdmin.

Busy — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 09:40:33 +0000

did you install PHP/MySQL/Apache as a set or seperate, if you did it as a set try it on Netscape.

my-sample can be displaying without the .cnf at the end, look in your mysql folder (this is the only folder mine is in, but I'm running win98se)

PHPMyAdmin is great for MySQL if you dont want to do all the long coding

mairving — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 03:51:13 +0000

Here are some DOS commands:
type cd directoryname to go to the directory.
type cd .. to go down a level.
type C: (or drivename) to go to the root of that drive.
So if you are in documents and settings,
type cd .., then cd mysqldirectory
dir will list all the files in that directory.
dir /p will do the same thing but will pause after every page.
to execute a file, as long as it has a valid .exe .com .bat extension, just type in the filename. So to execute filename.exe, type in filename