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Imp of Hazard Games
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27/08/2003
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781
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19th April, 2004 at 13:14:15 -
Actually, the subject pretty much says it all.
I need painters, musicians and animators!
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Joe.H
Evil Faker
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19/08/2002
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19th April, 2004 at 13:29:23 -
I use MySQL
My signature is never too big!!!
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Deleted User
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19th April, 2004 at 13:46:26 -
I use, because MySQL isn't working propely on my host  I have done several scripts building own textDB for them, but I am going to make a kind of general textDB... If I have time...
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Kaine
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12/01/2003
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458
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19th April, 2004 at 14:46:49 -
I also use mysql because its much faster and you can do alot more with it then a textdb I think.
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Shen
Possibly Insane 
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14/05/2002
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19th April, 2004 at 15:45:47 -
ditto
Although nothing beats not having a database at all, and loading it in and parsing it manually through fopen  D
gone fishin'
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Joe.H
Evil Faker
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19/08/2002
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19th April, 2004 at 16:07:44 -
using fopen and fwrite etc means that files can get big quickly
My signature is never too big!!!
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Kris
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19th April, 2004 at 16:17:57 -
actually it's usually smaller because you wouldn't need any overhead (table info, etc) if you know exactly what you're doing to begin with
"Say you're hanging from a huge cliff at the top of mt. everest and a guy comes along and says he'll save you, and proceeds to throw religious pamphlets at you while simultaniously giving a sermon." - Dustin G
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Tigerworks
Klik Legend
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15/01/2002
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19th April, 2004 at 16:45:16 -
Text databases are slow and often don't have the advanced features real databases can offer.
- Tigerworks
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Pete Nattress
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23/09/2002
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4811
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19th April, 2004 at 17:34:50 -
plus they're more of a hassle to code. i use MySql databases. never 'ad a problem with them.
www.thenatflap.co.uk
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ShadowCaster
Possibly Insane
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02/01/2002
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19th April, 2004 at 18:33:25 -
It depends what information you're saving as to what, IMO, is better to use. I actually made an object for Jamagic that could create/update/search text-based databases, it also had an index for primary keys so you could seek information faster, but that's sort of beside the point of this post ^__^
 Mike 
"Now I guess we're... 'Path-E-Tech Management'" -Dilbert
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Imp of Hazard Games
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27/08/2003
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20th April, 2004 at 07:01:04 -
For example, please, what is the thing that I cannot do with TextDB and I can with MySQL? My host is very cheap, reliable and has unlimited traffic, but it doesn't give MySQL for such price, so I am mastering the skills of textDB. Take a small code of how to make it read and echo the DB easily and fast:
<?php
$file="file.txt";
$data=file($file);
$ndata=count($data);
for($index=0; $index<$ndata; $index++)
{
$now=explode("<|>", $data[$index]);
$nnow=count($now);
for($ind=0; $ind<$nnow; $ind++)
{
echo "${ind}: ${now[$ind]}";
}
}
?>
I need painters, musicians and animators!
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Deleted User
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20th April, 2004 at 07:23:51 -
Handy function for textDB:s are serialize() and unserialize().(http://fi2.php.net/manual/fi/function.serialize.php)
It converts any of php variable, even array, to string that can be saved to file. I sometimes use it to save complex arrays to file without need for parsing them with e.g. ex- and implode(). Using it with associative arrays it brings functionality like in real databases. (Databases still have better functionality)
P.S. This forum is GREAT!
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Capnzippy - (Smegsoft)
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11/02/2004
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88
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20th April, 2004 at 15:08:55 -
The only things I've ever used a text database for for a simple news script and a hit counter 
klik-union -- http://www.klik-union.com
http://www.capnz.info
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