hey everyone! i just started using mysql so i could integrate it on my site. i'm trying to
create a comment section and store the data on mysql. i've defined my table having a field type
of varchar with max value 5000. but when i created it on phpmyadmin on my free hosting account, it
said that the maximum value for a varchar is just 255. it said that i should use a blob. what is it
and how can i access the data using php? i've searched from the net and it said that blob is
used for images and document data. and i also found out that the data stored in a ...

I'm doing an Inventory system using PHP and MySQL. It's almost done now but I've been
having a problem with this particular code. This is a function that does two things. It updates a
table with edited values and then inserts values to another table. It's working fine except
that the status bar of my browser indicates that the page (with this function) is still loading when
in fact the function has been terminated and it did its job already (I've checked the dbase) and
there's no command after calling the function. Could the delay be because ...

I want to delete some info in a MySql database. Can I do that through my cPanle? if not, I need to
know even through command prompt. Thanks\ nickmealey ...

Is there programs or a way to run PHP/CGI/MySQL/HTML and other web programming languages offline? I
am trying to learn website design, and uploading accumulates a very precious part of my time, and
being able to run the modified file offline would be a -very- great timesaver. Is there anyway to
install PHP, MySQL and the other languages to your computer so that you may work on things offline,
like I said?...