I started the evening ready to tutorialize myself in Google APIs and mapping examples. I read two paragraphs and realized that I’d better do some prep work on my own data before I continue. I also realized that I can organize myself better if I set some goals for my coding work. I have one…
Tag: mysql
Getting Answers from Your Data
My assignment this week was was to run the queries I “designed” last week. (*I am, of course, using the term “design” very loosely, as last week was full of hand wringing and general PHP consternation.) This week, I ran 4 total queries. I am pretty happy with how they turned out: Total numbers of…
Asking Questions of Your Data
Now that my data is normalized and I have a good idea of what is contained in my database, it’s time to start asking questions of my data. What do I want to know? Which queries are only for me? Which would I like to embed into a web page? While they don’t seem like…
PHP Tango
Oh PHP. How you vex me. Our assignment this week was to play with PHP, specifically to create a working data entry form using HTML, PHP and MySQL. I can report that, with very generous help from my Clio class, I did all of that. My simple, but working form is here. My simple, but functional…