Posted by Dan M on 11/04/73 11:18

> I want the number to be incremented automatically in the database, so for
> example say John Smith was to enter his information

This requirement is simple - define the field as "AUTOINCREMENT".

> I would really prefer only displaying about 250 entries per page, so say
> there was 500 entries in the database, then I would prefer a button at the
> bottom of the first page of 250 names etc that gives the user the option to
> go to page 2, or links along the top

This can be handled using MySQL's "LIMIT" clause.

> does this system sound hard to create? I am a bit of a novice with PHP and
> would appreciate any help i can get at all, I know the basics of programming
> so I should be fine grasping any new concepts, its just getting the stuff
> from the form into the database then from the database onto a page/pages

No, it actually sounds pretty easy. I'm a newcomer to PHP myself (I'm
making the transition to PHP after programming Perl for several years)
but fairly experienced with MySQL. Your description of this project
sounds pretty straightforwardd.

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