You are correct, my error checking is quite inadequete. I intend for it to be fixed "properly" at some point. But for the moment I just want to get the general function working.

My intention with this is for it to be a base/straw man so that I can hire a couple of more experienced programmers to work with me to make it correct. Thus my error checking is lousy.

I do have the database connection information. And I believe the connection is working correctly. It is just the inserts that I think may be failing.

My development box has MySQL installed locally and all the inserts, selects and all work fine with everything local. When I upload to my hosting provider, I am seeing some things that look like they are working, but I don't think it is inserting into the database, or perhaps I am not selecting back from the database correctly. I would like to try to figure out which. If I were on my development system, I would just pull up the mysql client and run some selects from there, but I do not seem to have that client available to me at my hosting provider. Is there an common way to get the equivalent of a mysql client on a remote database?

I know that I have a lot of slop in the code. I am doing it as a demonstration so that I can hire a more experienced programmer to crawl in and fix it. Its easier to explain what I am trying to do by doing it than by waving my hands around. Thanks

Skip

In reply to Re^2: Database access on your site, or "Where the hell is mysql?" by SkipHuffman
in thread Database access on your site, or "Where the hell is mysql?" by SkipHuffman

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