I'm sorry, I must be stupid or something, but I can not get this MySQL thing down. Will someone please explain how the heck to use these things? I have been reading all the documentation in the manual and at mysql.com for about 3 hours now... and I have no idea how mysql databases work!
I can connect to mine (from my webhost at spaceports) and I can disconnect from it... thats about it...
What is a table? a row? a field? How do I create new ones of these? I cant seem to find any PHP commands to create new ones... How do I put data in them? How do I retrieve it? I just dont understand! I see all these nice functions that return table names and database names and field lengths and so on... but I cant seem to find anything that writes to these mysterious objects or reads the contents of them... and by the way... can someone please explain what the -> thing does? I see if everywhere and I cant find it in the operator list... Please save me from ignorance! I'm so frustrated!
I can connect to mine (from my webhost at spaceports) and I can disconnect from it... thats about it...
What is a table? a row? a field? How do I create new ones of these? I cant seem to find any PHP commands to create new ones... How do I put data in them? How do I retrieve it? I just dont understand! I see all these nice functions that return table names and database names and field lengths and so on... but I cant seem to find anything that writes to these mysterious objects or reads the contents of them... and by the way... can someone please explain what the -> thing does? I see if everywhere and I cant find it in the operator list... Please save me from ignorance! I'm so frustrated!