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Posted by @sh on 02/27/06 16:37
I'd learn about the differences between the two first! Its useful to know
the advantages and disadvantages of both.
Cheers, Ash
"gjb" <Kookookaachoo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4SZLf.26282$wl.20042@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Ah, again apologies for my ignorance, I wasn't aware there was a
> differance...!
>
> the admin thing was just a test login, but couldn't get it to work. I've
> spotted a mysql newsgroup which I will post in...
>
> Many thanks for the help.
>
> "Greg D. Moore (Strider)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com> wrote in
> message news:6OZLf.3901$5M6.2416@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>>
>> "gjb" <Kookookaachoo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:CkZLf.26271$wl.7873@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Apologies if this sounds dumb but I'm very new to this.
>>>
>>> I'm just trying to create a simple login page (
>>> http://aarkenuk.co.uk/barnesg/login.php) In my MySQL databases I have
>>> the
>>> correct database selected, but it's the users I'm struggling with. You
>>> get
>>> like a front end with my hosting space (CpanelX) and in there I've
>>> created
>>> user "admin" password "admin" but I cannot seem to login.
>>>
>>
>>
>> This is a Microsoft SQL Server group, not MySQL group so you're probably
>> not
>> going to find as much help here as you'd ilke.
>>
>>
>> However, I would say taht you probably don't want an admin being able to
>> access your database from a webpage simply for security reasons.
>>
>>
>>> This is what I see in the front end..
>>>
>>> Users in test
>>> barnes_admin (Privileges: ALL PRIVILEGES)
>>>
>>> Connection Strings
>>> Perl $dbh =
>>> DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:barnes_test:localhost","barnes_admin","<PASSWORD
>>> HERE>");
>>> PHP $dbh=mysql_connect ("localhost", "barnes_admin", "<PASSWORD
>>> HERE>") or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' .
>>> mysql_error());
>>> mysql_select_db ("barnes_test");
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there anything more I need to do? Do you login with barnes_admin or
>> just
>>> admin? (I've tried both) and why does it created barnes_admin and not
>>> just
>>> admin? Also what are the connection strings for? do I need to do
>>> anything
>>> with these?
>>>
>>> Thanks very much in advance for any advice..
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>>
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