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PHP tag cloud ( and finding similar ones )

Hello! I have articles on my site, and I would like to add tags which would describe each article, but I'm having problems with design mysql table for tags. I have two ideas: 1) each article would have field "tags", and tags would be in format: "tag1,tag2,tag3" 2) create other table called tags with fields: tag_name, article_id, so when...

SQL Select table1.columa as table1.columb

I am working on a database join and I want to do the following: Select tabel_one.id, tabel_one.title, tabel_one.content, table_two.value as table_two.key from tabel_one Join table_two ON table_two.id = table_one.id .... The Important part is: table_two.value as table_two.key Is there a way this could w...

How do you make life easier for yourself when developing a really large database

I am busy developing 2 web based systems with MySql databases and the amount of tables/views/stored routines is really becoming a lot and it is more and more challenging to handle the complexity. Now in programming languages we have namespacing e.g. Java packages, C++ namespaces to partition the software, grouping it together to make t...

add assigned ordered number to array entry php

Hey guys I have an assigned array from mysql results and I simply want to number them starting at one. Does anyone know how to do this? while ($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($query)){ $out[] = array("ASSIGNED INTEGER", $row['total']); } ...

Adding up row number and displaying total using COUNT (PHP MySQL)

I'm attempting to run a query that adds up the total number of subjects in a class. A class has many subjects. There is a 'teachersclasses' table between teachers (the user table) and classes. The principles sounds pretty simple but I'm having some trouble in getting my page to display the number of subjects for each class (directly asso...

PHP form validation submit problem

Every time I try to submit the form and I have not entered nothing in the year field I get Incorrect year! how can I still submit the form without having to enter a year. In other words leaving the year field blank and not getting a warning? Here is the PHP code. if(preg_match('/^\d{4,}$/', $_POST['year'])) { $year = mysqli_real_es...

Is there a library / tool to query MySQL data files (MyISAM / InnoDB) without the server? (the SQLite way)

Oftentimes I want to query my MySQL data directly without a server running or without having access to the server (but having read / write rights to the files). Is there a tool or maybe even a library around to query MySQL data files like it is possible with SQLite? I'm specifically looking for InnoDB and MyISAM support. Performance is ...

Approach for authentication and storing user details.

Hey folks, I am using the Zend Framework but my question is broadly about sessions / databases / auth (PHP MySQL). Currently this is my approach to authentication: 1) User signs in, the details are checked in database. - Standard stuff really. 2) If the details are correct only the user's unique ID is stored in the session and a secu...

Rails: find_by_sql and PREPARE stmt FROM... i cant make it work

I have this query and I have an error: images = Image.find_by_sql('PREPARE stmt FROM \' SELECT * FROM images AS i WHERE i.on_id = 1 AND i.on_type = "profile" ORDER BY i.updated_at LIMIT ?, 6\ '; SET @lower_limit := ((5 DIV 6) * 6); EXECUTE stmt USING @lower_limit;') Mysql::Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; c...

Why do Unicode characters show up properly in database, but as ? when printed in Java via Hibernate?

I'm writing a webapp, and interfacing with MySQL using Hibernate 3.5. Using "デスクトップ ინგლისური" as my test string, I can input the string and see that it is properly persisted into the database. However, when I later pull the value out of the database and print to the console as a String, I see "?????? ?????????". If I use new OutputS...

Browser not loading Php pages

Im using a linux machine, and I followed the instructions seen on http://jm2.php.net/manual/en/install.php to setup php, apache and my sql. I did exactly what it said and nothing more, but when I try to open a .php file with firefox or chrome, it downloads...? Im following a tutorial on learning php seen here: http://devzone.zend.com/n...

PHP form validation submit problem?

My code is suppose to save a year like 1999 to the mysql database but it wont. It will check to see if the user has entered only numbers and is at least 4 numbers long or if nothing has been entered correctly but it wont save the correct year? How can I fix this problem. Here is the PHP code. if(isset($_POST['year']) && intval($_POST['...

mysql create procedure script

I am a bit confused with mysql create procedure script. My script looks like as follows: DELIMITER // DROP PROCEDURE play; CREATE PROCEDURE play() BEGIN insert into hi (name,id)VALUES ('apple','2010'); END // It does not insert into table hi. ...

Is it more efficient to always run a delete query, or to check if that information exists first

Is it more efficient to always run a DELETE query by default whether an entry exists or not, for example to delete a user name after a certain period of time (DELETE * from table WHERE username='user'), or should you first check if the rows to be deleted exist using a SELECT query and checking mysql_num_rows. What uses more processor r...

Checking inherited attributes in an 'ancestry' based SQL table

I'm using the ancestry gem to help organise my app's tree structure in the database. It basically writes a childs ancestor information to a special column called 'ancestry'. The ancestry column for a particular child might look like '1/34/87' where the parent of this child is 87, and then 87's parent is 34 and 34's is 1. It seems possib...

Anything similar to Hibernate in PHP?

I am a Java programmer and was working on a project using Hibernate and Struts for some time. Now For my new project, I am working on PHP and Mysql (learning PHP). Is there any technology which is similar to Hibernate for PHP? If yes, can anyone give me the link where I can understand and use it? Is there a POJO concept in PHP? ...

Extract primary key from MySQL in PHP

I have created a PHP script and I am lacking to extract the primary key, I have given flow below, please help me in how can i modify to get primary key I am using MySQL DB, working for Joomla, My requirement is tracking the activity like insert/update/delete on any table and store it in another audit table using triggers, i.e. I am doin...

Spring, Hibernate, Blob lazy loading

Dear Sirs, I need help with lazy blob loading in Hibernate. I have in my web application these servers and frameworks: MySQL, Tomcat, Spring and Hibernate. The part of database config. <bean id="dataSource" class="com.mchange.v2.c3p0.ComboPooledDataSource" destroy-method="close"> <property name="user" value="${jdbc.username}"/> ...

mysql server upgrade problem from 5.0 to 5.1

Hi I have upgraded my mysql server from 5.0 to 5.1. But i am having a problem related to tables for InnoDB storage Engine. My default engine is InnoDB, So it is enabled in my server. But tables with InneDB engine are not displaying in phpmyadmin. Tables with MyISAM are displaying properly. and also i can't fire a query on the table...

Mysql::Error: Duplicate entry

Hi I have a model class Gift < ActiveRecord::Base validates_uniqueness_of :giver_id, :scope => :account_id end add_index(:gifts, [:account_id, :giver_id], :uniq => true) Action def create @gift= Gift.new(params[:gift]) if @gift.save ... else ... end end In the "production" mode, I sometimes get an error Active...