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Author RE: [PHP-DB] getting rows by an ID field or by another field in a table
Bastien Koert

2005-12-06, 6:57 pm

Adding an ID field allows you to quickly point back to any particular record
if you manage to have duplicate data...

Bastien


>From: "Eternity Records Webmaster" <webmaster@eternityrecords.org>
>To: <php-db@lists.php.net>
>Subject: [PHP-DB] getting rows by an ID field or by another field in a
>table
>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:42:34 -0500
>
>I have a table with the fields:
>CREATE TABLE `journal` (
> `Date` date NOT NULL,
> `subject` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
> `entry` longtext NOT NULL
> ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Journal table';
>
>I was wondering if I should get the rows out by an ID field of some kind or
>maybe do a select on the subject? what would be the real best way? I am
>trying to get the date/subject to list on a webpage in a table and then
>when
>someone clicks on the subject (it will be a link), it will take them to a
>popup window (target=_blank) and then display the whole entry
>date/subject/entry. whats the best practice for that sort of thing?
>
>thanks
>
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