Questions In the PHP script mysqltest.php : What PHP instructions are used to connect to the database? Where is the query entered? Which code returns the formatted results of the query?

Construct SQL with Access Modify the query that finds the actors who have played Romeo so it returns the movie in which the actor appeared as Romeo and the movie’s year of release Test the query in Access Copy the SQL into the PHP script Remove the semi-colon from the end

Differences in SQL versions Copy the file AccessSQL vs MySQL.doc from the Day 34 course AFS space to your personal space

Translating Access SQL SELECT Title, Year, Rating, Role, Director, StageFirstName, StageLastName FROM tbl_movies INNER JOIN (tbl_actors INNER JOIN tbl_roles ON tbl_actors.ActorID = tbl_roles.ActorID) ON tbl_movies.MovieID = tbl_roles.MovieID WHERE ( ((Director)=“Allen, Woody”) AND ((StageFirstName)=“Mia”) AND ((StageLastName)=“Farrow”) );

To MySQL SELECT Title, Year, Rating, Role, Director, StageFirstName, StageLastName FROM tbl_movies, tbl_actors, tbl_roles WHERE tbl_actors.ActorID=tbl_roles.ActorID AND tbl_movies.MovieID=tbl_roles.MovieID AND Director=“Allen, Woody” AND StageFirstName=“Mia” AND StageLastName=“Farrow”

Translating INNER JOINs Access SQL SELECT … FROM tbl_movies INNER JOIN (tbl_actors INNER JOIN tbl_roles ON tbl_actors.ActorID = tbl_roles.ActorID) ON tbl_movies.MovieID = tbl_roles.MovieID WHERE … MySQL SELECT … FROM tbl_movies, tbl_actors, tbl_roles WHERE tbl_actors.ActorID = tbl_roles.ActorID AND tbl_movies.MovieID = tbl_roles.MovieID AND …

Dynamic Web Page Example We want to construct a dynamic web page that will list the actors and roles in a movie specified by the user To begin, construct a query in Access that finds the actors appearing in Gosford Park Test the query in Access Copy the SQL for query into PHP script Translate for MySQL

Using Form Parameters in SQL statement in PHP To include the PHP parameter Title in the SQL statement use curly braces Using the text {$Title}in your SQL statement will substitute the value of title Leave the double quotes around the parameter

Making the All-Purpose Form Make an HTML form which prompts for a movie’s title Use the revised PHP script as the action for the form The parameter name must match the input name of the movie title. Test with the movie Tootsie

Intro to UBT Project Work alone or in pairs There are a list of suggested topics on today’s classwork page E-mail cse103@cse.msu.edu with your first four choices We will randomly assign topics to groups or individuals next day

Server-side databases It has to have a pre-defined structure so that all people who want to construct forms know how data are stored in the database. However, different people can construct different forms provided that they use the structure of the database. A wide variety of users, many of whom know nothing about constructing forms, can query the database. Eg. IMdb.

Student Records Database Design What entities do we need to include What are the attributes for each entity? What relationships do we need? Once the design is finished, it will be frozen. No further changes will be accepted.