Subj : test
To   : mark lewis
From : Russell Tiedt
Date : Sat May 08 2004 02:52 pm

Hello mark.

06 May 04 15:11, you wrote to me:

 CH>>>> I have no desire to learn any languages... I'm not a
 CH>>>> programmer... Don't want to be... :)  I do design and
 CH>>>> implement databases, such as PHP, SQL, etc...

 ml>>> FWIW: that /is/ programming...

 RT>> So I am in the process of becoming a programmer, know of any
 RT>> PHP,or PERl tutorials, something to get me going, without a
 RT>> massive learning curve, tho I suspect that it is
 RT>> asking/expecting a bit much to ask, but I have none the less.
 RT>> :-)

 ml> i'm kinda looking for something along those lines, too... i'm easily
 ml> worn out trying to learn from reading other's code, these days... i
 ml> just don't seem to have the stamina that i once had for this stuff...
 ml> i started to print the PHP docs some time back until i discovered they
 ml> were some 900 pages (IIRC... a too large number for printing,
 ml> anyway)... i had thought about purchasing a PHP book but always balked
 ml> at their price... until i was going to print the doc...

Well, I have just been offered in the region of 500 meg. of tutorials, 
trouble is I'll have to FTP them on my 56k POTS connection, which does not 
make me all that enthusiastic, as I pay per minute here. :-((

 ml> as for SQL, one would need a book for the database one is working
 ml> with... i'm sure that a general SQL book would go a long way but some
 ml> databases have their pecularities...

SQL is included in the offer above, both Postgress and MySQL. :-)

Russell

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