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> -----Original Message----- > From: Radwan Aladdin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 January 2004 10:05 > To: Nick JORDAN > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Please help me as fast as possible.. very > important!![Scanned] > > > Where can I fin tutorials about it? (CRON Tab)? > > Regards.. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick JORDAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Radwan Aladdin <raladin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 1:56 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Please help me as fast as possible.. very > important!! > > > > > Is it possible in mySQL to put a timer that changes a > value inside a > > > row in a table every while? > > > > > For example : Add "1" to the value very 10 minutes for example.. > > > Field number = 5 after ten minutes = 6 after another 10 minuste = > > 7..Etc.. > > > > > > As far as I'm aware, that's not possible in MySQL, however > you could write > > a small script in PHP (or, indeed, some other language) which would > > increment the counter, and which would be run at intervals > via cron (for > > instance). > > > > A better solution, however, would be to include a timestamp in your > > database, then, when data is requested, calculate how many > units of ten > > minutes have passed and adjust your counter accordingly. > > > > Nick > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
