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Posted by Eric on 11/23/29 11:43
Thanks for the comments...I'll start researching. I'll probably know
quickly if I'm going to hit a wall.
<hywel.jenkins@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> daninbrum@hotmail.com wrote:
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>> Hywel Jenkins wrote:
>> > erictucson@aol.com says...
>> > > I'm building a site about retro and special edition Japanese video
>> > > game
>> > > consoles (www.japan-games.com). I'll have a page for each of the
>> > > consoles.
>> > > If you look at "Preview 3" you'll see a sample product page.
>> > >
>> > > There is sometimes debate about the release date, original price,
>> > > limited
>> > > quantities, etc of the older consoles.
>> > >
>> > > Or would a simple text box do the trick?
>> >
>> > No. You'll need some server-side processing to add the comment to the
>> > page, either by re-writing vanilla HTML, or by having some server-side
>> > process output database content to the browser. Look in to PHP with
>> > MySQL as an answer.
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Hywel
>>
>> Hywel,
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>> Isn't PHP/MySQL needlessly complex for this kind of thing?
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> Possibly, but it is scalable.
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>> We may be
>> comfy arsing around with SQL, but if he's a newbie, I think Perl and
>> text-files would be a FAR simpler way of achieving this - much better
>> server support and dead simple code.
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> Hmm. Perhaps a compromise on PHP and a text file?
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>
>> Dan Vesma (long time been away - now is back in alt.html)
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> Dan Vesma - didn't you used to be famous!? I think about you every
> time I drive past Web Tree Avenue is Hereford! How are things?
>
> --
> Hywel
>
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