Big Huge Dunce

[carrot 0]

howdy ya'll i am in need of a big favor. i have heard of all this stuff u get with web hosts like SQL and other weird databases. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE! i know html and that is about it. i would really like to learn about the other things that people talk so much about. remeber i know ABSOLUTLY NOTHING about any of these things so u got to be SPECIFIC!!P.S. i know tons about other computer stuff i just never botherd 2 look into this stuff. so u can use big words

[szupie 0]

Do you know PHP? It's a great programming language, and I assume you know it since you didn't mention scripting in your post.

SQL stands for Standard Query Language (I think ), it's used to manipulate things in a database. There are many kinds of databases that use this standard language, like mySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, etc.

That's all I know about SQL, and I think that's all I need to know.


Oh, read this topic here.

Edited February 5, 2005 by szupie (see edit history)

[carrot 0]

didn't u read the name of the topic "Big huge Dunce"i know NOTHING about programming except basic html (including how to get the banner ads off most websites hehehehe.....) soooooo...nope, sorry i dont even know what PHP stands for, although ive heard it all over. it looks like most free web hosts are offering it now. (back in the day when i set up my first website, almost none offered PHP. of course i didn't care because i have no idea what it is) but now almost all do. so ya. me and my stupid self dont know any of that stuff. but i did read the link u put on there and now what i know is that u can use SQL to make different databases with different permissions. only i dont know how to access the databasses, or even what u use them for and what goes in them.but thanx n e way

[szupie 0]

PHP is a scripting language, like html. If you have programmed with mIRC, javascript, C or C++, etc., you should be able to learn it easily. PHP is much more advanced than html, and can interact with databases, so you can make stuff like member databases like this site. Go on google to find some php tutorials.

[spacewaste1405241471 0]

Ack....Php = 100 times better then html....Html is the begining of the net...N then comes php...Php helps do thigns with tasks n stuff and thats how forums work....It's a lot more complicated but a lot more powerfull...Takes a long time to learn...(I'm learning slowly cuz I have millions of things going on) but it is so worth it...N the up side is there a tons of pre made php scripts...Like this forum was pre made n then the admins programmed it....N to your question about what are all the things mentioned in Xisto hosting...Well for now you should only be concerned about webspace bandwidth...E-mail stuff and subdomains... Everything else doesn't apply to you because you don't really know it... But fantisco or w.e is a way good added bonus for you considering it comes with tons of pre made php scripts that self install...Quite simple to configure once installed...So yeah...Astahost is good on space and bandwitdh compared to almost all other free hosts...So I recommend putting the time and effort into it!

[szupie 0]

Hmm... I think JavaScript would come after html, then comes PHP. But they do different things, JavaScript can be used to manipulate your computer (not that scary) after it's been loaded into your computer, and the code shows up in the source. PHP, however, can do more advanced stuff, but it's server-sided. It cannot manipulate your computer, but can manipulate stuff on the server it is ran from, and read things from the server and send it to you.