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PostSubject: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 12:23 am

I want to INSERT a string into a db with command line.

The string has apostrophes and commas.

But these are used for field delimiting.

How do I get around that. Do I have to use escape characters ??
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 1:15 am

OK, figured it out.

string mysql_string_escape(string) does the job nicely. Smile
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 1:26 am

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
OK, figured it out.

string mysql_string_escape(string) does the job nicely. Smile

So this would be MySQL answer?
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 1:42 am

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
OK, figured it out.

string mysql_string_escape(string) does the job nicely. Smile

Or for shorter strings (say, just the name O'Neil) use a backslash - O\'Neil.
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:04 am

Thanks ibis.

That php function is also escaping double quote(")

So if the string contains html e.g.
Code:
<td align="center">...
the query will be
Code:
INSERT into blah  bla blha VALUES ('<td align=\"cente\r">.......),

So then when this is dumped back out to a browser, it should read properly again ??


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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:06 am

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:
EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
OK, figured it out.

string mysql_string_escape(string) does the job nicely. Smile

So this would be MySQL answer?

Laughing Now I get it. I'm a bit slow tonight. Most of answer.
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:06 am

MySQL is a software system for databases, is it not?
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:11 am

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:
MySQL is a software system for databases, is it not?

It is. SQL is a microsoft version and MySQL is an open source version from Sun microsystems...I think.
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:13 am

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Ard-Taoiseach wrote:
MySQL is a software system for databases, is it not?

It is. SQL is a microsoft version and MySQL is an open source version from Sun microsystems...I think.

I see, and because it's open source you can play around with it to a much greater extent than prefabricated MS versions?
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:22 am

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It is. SQL is a microsoft version and MySQL is an open source version from Sun microsystems...I think

Actually, SQL is the language - Structured Query Language - used to talk to most databases. Microsoft's database server software is called "SQL Server", and a big fat dog of a yoke it is too.

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
Thanks ibis.

That php function is also escaping double quote(")

So if the string contains html e.g.
Code:
<td align="center">...
the query will be
Code:
INSERT into blah  bla blha VALUES ('<td align=\"cente\r">.......),

So then when this is dumped back out to a browser, it should read properly again ??

If it doesn't, you can use the php stripslashes() function to remove them. You don't really need slashes before the double quotes anyway - only the single quotes are meaningful in SQL.

If you're working on a server you have full control over, you can set the magic_quotes_gpc to on parameter in the php.ini file. However, it is better to use mysql_real_escape.
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:23 am

Well...I suppose SQL is more a language for talking to a DB, than a DB itself. So I'm really playing around with the language trying to get info in and out of the db in the correct format and in the right place.

I think most web development is open source now.

Linux operating systems
Apache File servers
MySQL database admin
PHP server scripting.

People who regularly indulge in all 4 are called LAMP programmers.

I just potter about with the bottom two, as I am quite the amateur, and make no crust out of it. Thank God.
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:23 am

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:
EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
Ard-Taoiseach wrote:
MySQL is a software system for databases, is it not?

It is. SQL is a microsoft version and MySQL is an open source version from Sun microsystems...I think.

I see, and because it's open source you can play around with it to a much greater extent than prefabricated MS versions?

If you have the yen to rewrite the software, yes. However, it's also a lot faster, and free in most forms of use.
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:26 am

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
Well...I suppose SQL is more a language for talking to a DB, than a DB itself. So I'm really playing around with the language trying to get info in and out of the db in the correct format and in the right place.

I think most web development is open source now.

Linux operating systems
Apache File servers
MySQL database admin
PHP server scripting.

People who regularly indulge in all 4 are called LAMP programmers.

You can also use (as I often do) Windows-IIS-mySQL-PHP, which makes one a WIMP programmer.

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
I just potter about with the bottom two, as I am quite the amateur, and make no crust out of it. Thank God.

I do. It's fun...
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:27 am

ibis wrote:


If it doesn't, you can use the php stripslashes() function to remove them. You don't really need slashes before the double quotes anyway - only the single quotes are meaningful in SQL.

If you're working on a server you have full control over, you can set the magic_quotes_gpc to on parameter in the php.ini file. However, it is better to use mysql_real_escape.

Yeh, I have full control, and also have phpMyAdmin on there so I can see what's going on after the insert queries. I'll see how I go tomorrow evening. I'm going to sleep(); now.
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 2:30 am

ibis wrote:
EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
Well...I suppose SQL is more a language for talking to a DB, than a DB itself. So I'm really playing around with the language trying to get info in and out of the db in the correct format and in the right place.

I think most web development is open source now.

Linux operating systems
Apache File servers
MySQL database admin
PHP server scripting.

People who regularly indulge in all 4 are called LAMP programmers.

You can also use (as I often do) Windows-IIS-mySQL-PHP, which makes one a WIMP programmer.

Oh yes, I've heard of that. I feel safer to keep well away.

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I just potter about with the bottom two, as I am quite the amateur, and make no crust out of it. Thank God.

I do. It's fun...

I know you do. It is fun, but in small doses. Smile
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyThu Sep 04, 2008 11:26 pm

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
Well...I suppose SQL is more a language for talking to a DB, than a DB itself. So I'm really playing around with the language trying to get info in and out of the db in the correct format and in the right place.

I think most web development is open source now.

Linux operating systems
Apache File servers
MySQL database admin
PHP server scripting.

People who regularly indulge in all 4 are called LAMP programmers.

I just potter about with the bottom two, as I am quite the amateur, and make no crust out of it. Thank God.
I must really be a lamplighter, because I can add Perl, Python, Flash Graphics Design, Actionscript, ObjectC, Squeak SmallTalk, and of course the oldies, Fortran, C, C++, Rexx, Pascal, Basic, oh! and Blender the 3-d Graphic Design system, and of course Mathematica, Linpack,... oh. when will I stop bragging. Very Happy

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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyFri Sep 05, 2008 12:56 am

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You can also use (as I often do) Windows-IIS-mySQL-PHP, which makes one a WIMPy programmer.

This playing around with computer languages is fun afterall... Wink
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyFri Sep 05, 2008 2:04 am

Kate P wrote:
ibis wrote
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You can also use (as I often do) Windows-IIS-mySQL-PHP, which makes one a WIMPy programmer.

This playing around with computer languages is fun afterall... Wink

Very Happy

No really though, it is fun. Unless it simply refuses to work, then it's a feckin pain.

The more PHP I learn, the more I am staggered by what it can do in simple commands, which could have taken 2000 lines of code just 15 years ago. Great stuff. Basketball
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyFri Sep 05, 2008 2:20 am

Kate P wrote:
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You can also use (as I often do) Windows-IIS-mySQL-PHP, which makes one a WIMPy programmer.

This playing around with computer languages is fun afterall... Wink

Cheeky - I'll have you know you're using my intellectual property there, and modifying it without my permission. I coined WIMP back in 2001, during a training course I was running!
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyFri Sep 05, 2008 2:28 am

ibis wrote:
Kate P wrote:
ibis wrote
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You can also use (as I often do) Windows-IIS-mySQL-PHP, which makes one a WIMPy programmer.

This playing around with computer languages is fun afterall... Wink

Cheeky - I'll have you know you're using my intellectual property there, and modifying it without my permission. I coined WIMP back in 2001, during a training course I was running!

Well then , coiner of WIMP, is it possible to leave a continuously running PHP script on a host server ? ie. if I make a script that say .. has to load 10000 website homepages in turn and search for a string - and if (string exists) {save url to file}

This could take hours conceiveably (spell) ?

Is it normal for a host server to put a time limit on execution time ?
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyFri Sep 05, 2008 3:20 am

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:
ibis wrote:
Kate P wrote:
ibis wrote
Quote :
You can also use (as I often do) Windows-IIS-mySQL-PHP, which makes one a WIMPy programmer.

This playing around with computer languages is fun afterall... Wink

Cheeky - I'll have you know you're using my intellectual property there, and modifying it without my permission. I coined WIMP back in 2001, during a training course I was running!

Well then , coiner of WIMP, is it possible to leave a continuously running PHP script on a host server ? ie. if I make a script that say .. has to load 10000 website homepages in turn and search for a string - and if (string exists) {save url to file}

This could take hours conceiveably (spell) ?

Is it normal for a host server to put a time limit on execution time ?

There's usually a 30-second limit in the php.ini file under max_execution_time. Ideally, you change that to a value in seconds sufficient to give you time - on my development system, mine is set to 2400 (I used to have it set to 30000, which is 8.33 hours). I don't think there's a maximum.

You can also use set_time_limit in the script itself (see here). That's sometimes a more sensible approach, because if you allow any script to run for as long as it likes, your next infinite loop will involve major pain.

An alternative which I sometimes use is to break the job up into batches, and execute the page in a browser window. When the script is finished its batch, I make it echo "document.location='script.php?batch=2'" to get the browser to automatically pass on to the next batch in the sequence - 2, 3, 4, etc.

Assuming you're writing the result of the search to database, any failure of the script is recoverable - you just start from the last recorded point in the process.
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyFri Sep 05, 2008 3:31 am

OK ibis. I went looking for php.ini, and I cannot alter it. Well I can if I ring th hoster .

Quote :

These PHP configuration settings are customizable by the server administrator. They are listed for reference only.

Sub Section Directive Info Value
Language Options asp_tags Allow ASP-style <% %> tags. Off
File Uploads file_uploads Whether to allow HTTP file uploads. On
Paths and Directories include_path Windows: "\path1;\path2"
c:\php\includes"
.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php
Resource Limits max_execution_time Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds 30
Resource Limits max_input_time Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data 60
Resource Limits memory_limit Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (32MB) 32M
Data Handling register_globals You should do your best to write your scripts so that they do not require
register_globals to be on; Using form variables as globals can easily lead
to possible security problems, if the code is not very well thought of.
Off
Language Options safe_mode
Off
main session.save_path where N is an integer. Instead of storing all the session files in
/path, what this will do is use subdirectories N-levels deep, and
store the session data in those directories. This is useful if you
or your OS have problems with lots of files in one directory, and is
a more efficient layout for servers that handle lots of sessions.
NOTE 1: PHP will not create this directory structure automatically.
You can use the script in the ext/session dir for that purpose.
NOTE 2: See the section on garbage collection below if you choose to
use subdirectories for session storage
N;/path
File Uploads upload_max_filesize Maximum allowed size for uploaded files. 2M

So it is set to 30 seconds. Shite. Now I have a problem.
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyFri Sep 05, 2008 3:33 am

So now I have to learn how to do a batch job - phpwise. No
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyFri Sep 05, 2008 4:00 am

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OK ibis. I went looking for php.ini, and I cannot alter it. Well I can if I ring th hoster .

So it is set to 30 seconds. Shite. Now I have a problem.

Hmm. Try using set_time_limit in a test script. Set it for some largish but not too insane value - say 300 seconds (5 minutes). Run the script, and see if it times out in the 30 seconds or the five minutes. If the latter, problem solved.

The set_time_limit instruction goes in the script itself:

<?
set_time_limit(300);

for($i=0;$i<1000000000000;$i++){
...some time wasting...
}
?>

Or sleep(300) of course!
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PostSubject: Re: MySQL question   MySQL question EmptyFri Sep 05, 2008 4:19 am

Code:


<html>
<head><title>Timmy</title></head>
<body>

<?php

print "<br/><h2>Time out Exec script</h2><br/>";



set_time_limit(300);

$x=1;

for($i=0;$i<1000000000000;$i++)

{

$x=$x+1;
$x=$x-1;

}


print "script Finished....Sheesh";
?>


</body>
</html>

This is running now. 30 seconds gone.
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