Mr. Furxheir, R.M.W.
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(last post: November 24, 2007 - 15:07)
Citizen #20:
Martí- Paìr Furxhéir | > I worked with simple databases at my job........my problem is terminology. If you say "Tupe"
Actually, it is "tuple", with an L.
> I'm likely to be completely confused unless you then say "Row" which was the only thing I'd ever heard them called before.......
I only use Row myself... you will most likely not see Tuple again.
> and "Foreign Key" was just called a "Table Link".
That, I cannot help you, because Table link and a Foreign Key are NOT the same thing.
The Table Link refers to the connection between the two tables, whereas the Foreign Key is the component in the "child" table that links to the "parent" table.
A Table link links the foreign key of the child to the index of the parent table...
In the work we are going to do, we will usually work with one table at a time, and as such, not with the link, but just with the foreign key, or the index of the parent.
> Being an "old bastard" it takes me longer to be able to change the terminology I know to what you know.....please be patient!!
No problem !
> And Php.....whatever that is, completely stumps me.
PHP is the programming langage I use to produce the database. There will not be a lesson. I will often refer to PHP, but you will not need to learn anything about it, just take anything I say at face value.
> If it has anything to do with mathmatic formulas though....other than simple add, subtract, multiply or divide, I'm "dead in the dirt", my math abilities are very weak.
Well, then you will be able to skip those part. 99% of the database is NOT mathematic.
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> Still.......I'm gonna try to larn.....thanks for the first lesson!
Cool ! Thanks !
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