What is the best way to handle mysql database users connection in PHP? I have a web server running a PHP application on MySQL. I have created a database user for the application: dbuser1 with limited access - only for query, insert and update tables. No alter table. Now the question is, should i use the same dbuser1 widely in my script...
In my database we have fields where the data is not readable. I now know why it happened but I don't know how to fix it. I found a way to get the info back from the database: SELECT id, name FROM projects WHERE LENGTH(name) != CHAR_LENGTH(name); One of the rows returned shows: id | name ------------------------- 1008 |...
I have the whole setup working for months on my local computer. I'm installing on a remote site now. Created a fresh mysql DB, and created a new user ("someuser") and gave it complete grants, like so - GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO 'someuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'somepassword' WITH GRANT OPTION; I have sync'd the db, using "...
I have this sql query: SELECT S.SEARCH, S.STATUS, C.TITLE AS CategoryName, E.SEARCH_ENGINES AS Engine, S.RESULTS, S.DATE, S.TOTAL_RESULTS AS Total, S.ID FROM PLD_SEARCHES AS S Join PLD_CATEGORY AS C ON C.ID = S.CATEGORY_ID Join PLD_SEARCH_ENGINES AS E ON S.SEARCH_ENGINES_ID = E.ID ORDER BY S.DATE ASC I want to identify if S.STATUS is...
I'm working on an application that's similar to Wufoo in that it allows our users to create their own databases and collect/present records with auto generated forms and views. Since every user is creating a different schema (one user might have a database of their baseball card collection, another might have a database of their recipes...
Is there a convention for whether GIS points in MySQL should be stored as POINT($latitude $longitude) or POINT($longitude $latitude)? Having longitude correspond to X on a cartesian map would visually make more sense with north pointing up, but common parlance is to say "latitude and longitude." ...
Hello I have a table : tags(tagname,entryid,stamp) and i want to make a section for the most trending tags today, the tagname column has no unique value, because many entries has the same tag, so the php code that i want should display the most attached tags today. Note: the "stamp" column is the date of adding the tag in UNIX time sta...
I have a database that won't grow much in size. It's current size is about 1 GB. Achieving the fastest performance is desired. Question: When should I use Memcache vs simply using MySQL Innodb ability to store all my content within RAM (innodb_buffer_pool_size)? ...
Lets say I've got a table listing car brands or models: Cars: Id | Brand ----------- 1 | BMW 2 | Audi 3 | Volvo And I've also got another table which links features. Link: Id | carid | featureid ----------------------- 1 | 1 | 1 2 | 1 | 2 3 | 2 | 2 4 | 3 | 1 5 | 3 | 2 6 | 3 | 3 And I've got the tab...
Whats wrong with my query? ALTER TABLE test_posts ADD sticky boolean NOT NULL default = false #1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '=false' at line 2 ...
I have a process that imports a lot of data (950k rows) using inserts that insert 500 rows at a time. The process generally takes about 12 hours, which isn't too bad. Normally doing a query on the table is pretty quick (under 1 second) as I've put (what I think to be) the proper indexes in place. The problem I'm having is trying to run a...
Hi, i have a php loop which displays only one record even if there is hundreds. here is the code: <?php $result1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM posts") or die(mysql_error()); $numexem = mysql_num_rows($result1); $s="0"; while($s<$numexem){ $postid=mysql_result($result1,$s,"id"); echo "Post id:".$postid; $result2 = mysql_query("SELE...
Hello, I need a bit of help installing a copy of Opencart onto my Godaddy hosting. I have had one major problem and that was, after during and after the install, none of the styles or images where appearing. I was able to completely fix the admin panel, but I am now running into problems with the frontend. I was able to fix the styles by...
when i am using sequel pro to connect to a remote database, the server says access denied. I am 100% percent sure that the username and password are correct. I also try to use phpmyadmin to connect to the server, it works. I don't know what happened when I am using sequel pro to connect to the server. ...
Hey guys, I am just trying to pull all the records from my database who have a rec_date (varchar) stored as m/d/Y and are expired (as in, less than curdate()), and this call isn't giving me what I want: SELECT member_id, status, DATE_FORMAT(STR_TO_DATE(rec_date, '%m/%d/%Y'), '%Y-%m-%d') AS rec FROM members WHERE rec_...
I have a table with name varchar address varchar country varchar city varchar ..... to store address of location example: name|address|country HaLong hotel|156 blahblah street|Vietnam Hotel Ha Long|156 blah blah|Vietnam Two rows above is duplicate data. I have a form, when user submit new location. The code need to find akin rec...
Hi guys! I want to display data feed from an external database in a sidebar in the forums section. PHP Block Code : $host = 'db.123.net'; $dbUser = 'db49'; $dbPass = 'iReVbY'; $db = 'db6578h8'; mysql_connect("$host", "$dbUser", "$dbPass") or die(mysql_error()); mysql_select_db("$db") or die(mysql_error()); ob_start(); $result = mysql_...
i would like to know the best way to design database tables for multiple users, like any website that requires a user log in before they can start posting anything. Should my code create individual tables for every users or something different? ...
I have a rails environment which I set-up with macports. I recently updated macports which seems to have had the side effect of breaking rails. When I try to boot a rails server I get: $ ./script/server => Booting WEBrick => Rails 2.3.5 application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000 /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/...
Suppose I have a column with words: orange grape orange orange apple orange grape banana How do I execute a query to get the top 10 words, as well as their count? ...