Posted by Rik on 07/29/07 03:50

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:44:49 +0200, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:

> zach wrote:
>> gerrymcc@indigo.ie wrote:
>>> Hello, I'm a php/mysql beginner...
>>> Is there any way of making the mysql command line client full-screen?
>>> Sometimes it's easier to use the client than go thru php, but
>>> since it's only about 80 characters wide that limits its usefulness.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Gerard [http://homepage.eircom.net/~gerfmcc]
>>>
>> Ignore the asshole. Some people would rather spend more energy telling
>> you to go somewhere else than to simply answer your question. Although
>> its not a PHP question is certainly is related so let me give you one
>> place to start. If your using a command line in a windows environment
>> you can right click on the top title bar, then click properties and
>> select the layout tab and change the screen buffer size.
>> As for external clients I love query browser from the mysql
>> developers. Heres the link:
>> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html
>> Hope this helps.
>
> Yes, please ignore this asshole.
>
> This is a PHP newsgroup, for questions on PHP. If you have a mysql
> question, you will be better served asking in a MySQL newsgroup, such as
> comp.databases.mysql.
>
> Usenet is split up into over 36,000 newsgroups (on my server, anyway),
> each with their own purpose. And if people ignore that purpose, soon
> you'll get all kinds of off-topic questions in all kinds of newsgroups.

Indeed, it's not an 'ask a random question' - group. Before you know it,
there's hardly a PHP question in there and this group will be ignored &
lost to that community as a resource.

--
Rik Wasmus

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