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Another day, another possibility I may throw my computer through the window
Somehow I deluded myself into thinking I could go and play with SQL and PHP without any previous knowledge.
>insert evil, evil laughter here<
There was a time I was pretty damn good at coding my own web stuff... Front Page came along, was improved, I got lazy, Dreamweaver added to that, and once these 'instant web' sorts of things came around, hell, forget about even bothering with tags and stuff, just use the nifty program and worry later what it is that embed or hr or td do and if all else fails delete the little bastards.
PHP doesn't play nice if you just start randomly deleting stuff to try to make it work. I have had seven battles with SQL in the last two days - three are pending, and I got my ass handed to my on the other four.
Grrrr... me no likey. Makes for a very, very unhappy cheetah...
I'm jumping into the arena again... wish me luck, or at least, load a gun for me in case I have to take this mofo out later on...
I'm usually more cheerful than this. Honest.
Okay, so, in other news, they want to start shooting feral cats up here in WI. I'll give you a topic, the one above, discuss amongst yourselves, I'm sure it's fairly obvious what my position is on this, but if not, my general reaction when I heard about it was WTF? (sadly, yes, my mind no longer triggers the age old response of all three words, but of the abbreviated form. I'll deal with that later...)
-Zhie
>insert evil, evil laughter here<
There was a time I was pretty damn good at coding my own web stuff... Front Page came along, was improved, I got lazy, Dreamweaver added to that, and once these 'instant web' sorts of things came around, hell, forget about even bothering with tags and stuff, just use the nifty program and worry later what it is that embed or hr or td do and if all else fails delete the little bastards.
PHP doesn't play nice if you just start randomly deleting stuff to try to make it work. I have had seven battles with SQL in the last two days - three are pending, and I got my ass handed to my on the other four.
Grrrr... me no likey. Makes for a very, very unhappy cheetah...
I'm jumping into the arena again... wish me luck, or at least, load a gun for me in case I have to take this mofo out later on...
I'm usually more cheerful than this. Honest.
Okay, so, in other news, they want to start shooting feral cats up here in WI. I'll give you a topic, the one above, discuss amongst yourselves, I'm sure it's fairly obvious what my position is on this, but if not, my general reaction when I heard about it was WTF? (sadly, yes, my mind no longer triggers the age old response of all three words, but of the abbreviated form. I'll deal with that later...)
-Zhie
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The learning curve isn't quite as kind as html. I stick to using a few php call outs that I'm willing to code myself. Otherwise, I just pick up pre-fab scripts some other genius came up with and install that. Bascially, a script or page entirely done in php is like an ultra huge algebra problem, and if you drop an element, you like fark up the entire page - as I'm sure you noticed heh heh. Wish I could help you but I'm darn near clueless myself.
About the only thing in php I can help you with is the include function, which will help you set up things that repeat on your pages (like menus, disclaimers, etc) that make editing a breeze later on.
sql is another naughty monkey. Again, I only deal with it on rudimentary levels, and have never made tables from scratch - I install the pre-fab deals that come with message board scripts or whatnot, but I don't dare mess much with it. About all I know how to do is back up the db and re-install it if I have to.
haha, good luck. I know that feeling though, of wanting to drop kick the computer >.<
--Purrsia