Re: PHP/MySql - address book

look at http://www.webmasterbase.com/article/228 -- Best regards, George Nicolae IT Manager ___________________ X-Playin - Professional Web Design www.x-playin.f2s.com "Sg" <sguillon@freesurf.fr> wrote in message news:20020106172001.26916.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi, > > I'm trying to do a sort of address book where I'd put all information about > anybody or any company from which I receive informtation (friend, people > from work, hotels, places...) > > An entry starts with a name, then I can have any type of information. The > table I'm using has a lot of fields, but I display via PHP only those that > are not empty. > > I'm now facing a problem many must have already faced. A lot of people work > for the same company, and I'd like to have a separate table or storage area > to put that data, so that I don't have to write the same company addresse > twice, and if that information changes, I won't have to go through ten or > twenty people's entries to modify it. > > So how would I link a company's information to a person's entry? > > I know it may sound easy or ridiculous a question, but though I know HTML > very well I'm still a beginner (learning on my own) et PHP and MySql. > > So far I have a neat rendering of the database I've created, but I feel I > should look further into DB use. > > Software I'm using: > > EasyPHP (latest version) > PHP 4 > MySql > PhpMyAdmin > > on Windows Me > > Main question, I repeat is : how would I link a company's information to a > person's entry? > > Cheers > > Sébastien > >