John Nichel wrote:
Cheung Pui Pan wrote:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to make a page on which people may add records to a table and
view them (As my web server does not support MYSQL, I may have to do
Want us to wash and wax your car while we're at it?
John - Since his ISP does not support MySQL why should he be looking for MySQL manuals?
Even if his ISP doesn't have MySQL installed, he can still install it in his _home_ directory.
He needed pointing to other ways of doing the job!
Well, I did supply a link to the PHP manual.
Far too many knee jurk reactions assume MySQL is the answer to everything. Thankfully ISP's are now supporting other mush more convenient options :)
Convenient? Like what, PostgreSQL? Oracle? MSSQL? Progress? Flat files? Maybe I'm biased, but for handling data like this, I don't find anything more convenient than MySQL.
Try looking for a non-MySQL solution using the links you gave :)
Following the link to the PHP manual....
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php
if the OP wants to use flat files
And a ton of other DB options besides MySQL.
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