Posted by richard on 11/07/07 23:48

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:07:02 -0600, mbstevens wrote:

> 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.
>

Wow! Hey look typo flame!



>
>> <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.

sanku muchos graxias comrade.

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