Posted by Frankly on 05/30/06 16:14

"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
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>> i could also be mistaken about the -1 thing. I have read so much lately
>> it will be much better now that I am only going to focus on php and
>> mysql. I will see you soon with my best ( for now ) shot at database
>> design. I hope for your monitors sake you were not drinking coffee :).
>
> Not sure we are talking about the same thing, but in if-statments you get
> the following results
>
> if(0) = false
> if(1) = true
> if(2) = true
> if(-1) = true

I guess someplace they used the -1 in the example. I cant wait to start
doing statments.



> Perl is another language, which been quite popular before PHP and still
> quite widely used, the dbd-mysql is a module that allows Perl to
> communicate with mysql in the same way as php can communicate with mysql.
> This isn't needed for php and the version has nothing to do with the
> version of mysql.
>
> On my server the 3.0002 is installed and on my workstation I have 2.9007,
> as they use different CPUs (server is powerpc and workstation is x86) they
> will have different versions of programs installed as one may be marked as
> stable on powerpc and be unstable on x86 or the other way around.
>
> A good web hotel who offers mysql should run 4.1.x, and php 5.x, if using
> older I think they are out of date. Soon mysql 5.0/5.1 should be stable
> too, which gives better features. Avoid a hotel who offers mysql 3.x, they
> are really outdated IMHO and see to that the php is at least version
> 4.1.x.
>
>
> I hope this clears some "questions", if anything else, php/mysql/linux,
> just ask :) Okey, now it's time for me to make some pancakes.
>
>
>
> //Aho


yes, many thoughts of questions :) are now clear. We will get back to linux
in the near future.
perhaps i can use my old laptop.
I did try to find these answers but couldnt in a way that I can understand.
I wont be inserting pictures in the database but links or statements to
pictures.. would that data type be varchar?

I also had a hard time with hyper links - I understand there is no hyperlink
data type so would that also be varchar?
if only PHP can be used to remove the calories from pancakes.

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Thank you
Frank
PHPmySQL1(remove)@yahoo.com

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