scriptygoddess

Another mini-cheatsheet… I know this stuff, but I'm always looking it up for the exact syntax.
Connect to MySQL and to the database – mysql_connect
$connect = mysql_connect("localhost", "mysqluser", "userpassword") or die(mysql_error());
Select the database – mysql_select_db
mysql_select_db("databasename", $connect) or die(mysql_error());
Close connection – mysql_close
mysql_close($connect) or die(mysql_error());
Select data from the database – mysql_query
$myquery = "SELECT tablefield, tablefield2 FROM tablename WHERE [...]

I'm working on a plugin that required getting the earliest date in the database, and also getting the oldest date in the database. I was hoping that there was a built-in function that did this – and there is.
I found this helpful article on various mySQL techniques. And this is the one I [...]

So tired of searching for this, (I know it's simple, but for some reason I can't seem to keep it in memory. LOL!)
You just deleted all the rows in a table – but when you add new rows – they're still starting where the deleted ones left off.
Run this sql query to reset the autoincrement [...]