Posted by mbstevens on 11/07/07 22:07

richard wrote:
> I've been working on a massive project for several months. Basically it is
> all primarily text with the display showing up in table format.
>
> Basically, one table would show the 3 primary items. Then the second table
> would show a calendar, with 3 rows of info. The calendar would be a simple
> weekly report thing. Not daily.
>
> Instead of showing each and every item on one huge page, I was thinking of
> perhaps showing just one. The user would click on the list of "names" and
> then a table would show up displaying the findings.
>
> Question is, which format would be best suited for this? I am kind of
> leaning towards PHP but know diddly squat about it.

Anyone reading the post so far is likely to be confused.
There are tables on a webpage, indicated by <table> and there are tables
on databases like SQL; they are different things, and each has its own format.
PHP is not a format, it is a programming language that can be used for
programming web pages along with SQL or other databases.


> Any one have any clues
> or perhaps a website that might show something similar?
>
> Yeah I know you guys are gonna ask for a link to the material. Don't have
> one yet. I know it's sketchy but it's the best I can do for now.
>
> But here's one idea I had played with.
>
> <table><tr><td>item1</td><td>item2</td><td>item3</td></tr></table>
> <table>


> <tr>January</td>
....Whup! That dog won't hunt.


> <tr><td>1</td><td>8</td><td>15</td><td>22</td><td>29</td></tr>
> <tr><td>99</td><td>99</td><td>99</td><td>99</td><td>99</td></tr>
> </table>
>
> Multiply that 1000 times and you soon see just how huge of a page that
> would be. I would not be showing all 12 months, at the most, maybe 6.

Use PHP, Perl, Ruby, or Python to access a data base and rewrite pages
on the fly. Google each of those languages along with HTML, SQL, and CGI.
Rewrite the page given initial user input.

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