Posted by richard on 11/07/07 23:45

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:43:19 +0000 (UTC), Bone Ur wrote:

> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:05:05
> GMT richard scribed:
>
>> 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. 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>
>> <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.
>>
>> <flame>
>
> Er, 1000 times what you've shown would be 1000 months, not 6. Math
> impaired?

Yes you are apparently.
I was speaking of 1,000 times the data shown, not months.

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