[thelist] php and gdbm
Dan Romanchik
dan at danromanchik.com
Thu Apr 18 09:53:01 CDT 2002
gdbm is a set of routines for creating and maintaining a database. It is NOT
in any way similar to MySQL. I'm not aware of any PHP support for gdbm, but
I may be wrong about that.
If it really is a very simple database, you'd be better off starting from
scratch, imho.
Dan
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----- Original Message -----
From: "kristina" <kristina at kfx-design.co.uk>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:27 AM
Subject: [thelist] php and gdbm
> Dear list,
>
> I am completely and utterly confused! I'm trying to create a
> database using php. Its a very simple database (as its my first
> ever!)
>
> I'm using some code that was left by a programmer who has now upped
> sticks and is going round the world! What puzzles me is that he's
> used gdbm, whereas virtually every other thing I look at uses MySQL
> (my apologies if I get the wording wrong, I don't completely
> understand what I'm doing!).
>
> I can't find any tutorials about 'gdbm' and how to use it. I've
> copied the code but I can't get it to connect and I don't know why.
> So I've also tried doing it using MySQL and that won't connect
> either. This leaves me to assume I'm doing something wrong.
>
> The gdbm error is
> Unkown error type: [2] driver initialization failed
> http://www.kfx-design.co.uk/testarea/admin/dbconnectest.php
>
> Which I've been told means that gdbm isn't supported on this server,
> which makes no sense as this very same code is being used in another
> place on the SAME server (head spinning).
>
> the MySQL error just tells me the database can't connect.
> http://www.kfx-design.co.uk/admintest/
>
> What I would like to know is, should I continue using gdbm? Bearing
> in mind I'm a total beginner, and most tutorials out there seem to
> use MySQL. Also if anyone knows how or why I can't get this to
> work, I'll be endlessly grateful.
>
> I hope I've explained myself sufficiently. Apologies for the
> longwindeness of this post and for taking up thelist, I seem to have
> been using it 'alot' lately!
>
> :o)
>
> --
> tia
> ~kristina
>
> kristina at kfx-design.co.uk
> http://kfx-design.co.uk/
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>
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