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By: Squibi	Date: 10/11/2004 00:00:00	Points: 125	Status: Answered Quality : Excellent
I would like to know if anybody has any ideas on how to get a text string inputted into my database. I have a system that pumps out a 10 character string followed by a <CR> on the serial RS232 port every few seconds. I would like to get this entered into a Mysql database running on a windows machine. The idea is to make it enter the text in one field and a unique ID in another followed by some kind of time stamp in a third field. I am hopefull this might be made alot easier by the string already having a <CR> at the end. Any Ideas? Regards Mike
By: VGR	Date: 10/11/2004 15:55:00		Type : Answer
yes, of course I've ideas. if PHP can not do this (I have to check communicating on the serial port ; it's perhaps possible), Then Delphi will do it ;-) I'm thinking of a lot of possibilities : -Delphi doing all the job (RS232+MySql) -Delphi handling RS232 and passing data directly to any MySql server via HTTP (an URI like <A HREF="http://yourdomain/addline?theline=">http://yourdomain/addline?theline=</A>"thedata_url_encoded" ) -Delphi handling RS232 and passing data to a local MySql server via similar request on <A HREF="http://localhost">http://localhost</A> (fastest, most reliable method) -Delphi handling RS232 and putting data in a textfile, imported later on the way you want [this is if you don't need the data "live" in the DB] -a PHP solution (never did it, and I'll try to escape COM as strongly as possible :D )

By: carchitect	Date: 12/11/2004 00:26:00		Type : Assist
simple i suppose make a c program, read serial port in it which is simple and execute in it php script if you really wanna do it in php....may be a cron ob if it is sending data every 10 sec or so... regards

By: carchitect	Date: 12/11/2004 00:28:00		Type : Comment
read this http://in2.php.net/function.fopen http://in2.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php

By: mquiroz	Date: 13/11/2004 01:25:00		Type : Assist
hi miked260772! Hope you know a little of visual basic 'cause this post completly fits your needs... http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Visual_Basic/Q_20632174.html

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