http://blog.founddrama.net/2004/11/itunes2mysql2/ getOblique(); Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:37:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blog.founddrama.net/2004/11/itunes2mysql2/#comment-248 found_drama » Blog Archive » monday eve blues. Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:33:35 +0000 http://blog.founddrama.net/?p=462#comment-248 [...] i’m sure it’s mostly just the exhaustion kicking in, but that side project is kind of a downer right now. i’ve determined that #2 on the “room for growth” list is vaguely irrelevant b/c I can safely use backticks as to enclose the fields. (my test w/ some sample data went swimmingly.) #3s thru #5 however are where the headaches are at. for whatever reason i’m finding myself having a hard time w/ PHP’s MySQL API. A lot of these methods/functions are counter-intuitive to me. was it that long ago that i was last working w/ all this? or did i just not get it in the first place? it seems to me like a simple enough function to whack together: “does this exist already? no? create it! yes? gimme the ID!” alas, my ass feels bitterly kicked. [...] [...] i’m sure it’s mostly just the exhaustion kicking in, but that side project is kind of a downer right now. i’ve determined that #2 on the “room for growth” list is vaguely irrelevant b/c I can safely use backticks as to enclose the fields. (my test w/ some sample data went swimmingly.) #3s thru #5 however are where the headaches are at. for whatever reason i’m finding myself having a hard time w/ PHP’s MySQL API. A lot of these methods/functions are counter-intuitive to me. was it that long ago that i was last working w/ all this? or did i just not get it in the first place? it seems to me like a simple enough function to whack together: “does this exist already? no? create it! yes? gimme the ID!” alas, my ass feels bitterly kicked. [...]

]]> http://blog.founddrama.net/2004/11/itunes2mysql2/#comment-230 found_drama » Blog Archive » misc rambling. Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:15:49 +0000 http://blog.founddrama.net/?p=462#comment-230 [...] Impasse. Not sure if other programming folk hit this point where you glance down at your project and realize that you’re not fully certain that you understand what you’re doing. I think I’ve reached that point with my sideproject. The `backticks` are all still part of the plan for actually pumping the data into MySQL but the weak point write now is writing the XML parser in PHP. There’s a whole suite of functions but right now I feel like I’m just staring into some gaping maw. I think I can get the testing logic down but I feel this need to know what’s going on. Right now xml_start_element_handler() just isn’t doing it for me. I’m ripping through sample code b/c the chapter itself is like being asked to learn Sumerian in a mirror. [...] [...] Impasse. Not sure if other programming folk hit this point where you glance down at your project and realize that you’re not fully certain that you understand what you’re doing. I think I’ve reached that point with my sideproject. The `backticks` are all still part of the plan for actually pumping the data into MySQL but the weak point write now is writing the XML parser in PHP. There’s a whole suite of functions but right now I feel like I’m just staring into some gaping maw. I think I can get the testing logic down but I feel this need to know what’s going on. Right now xml_start_element_handler() just isn’t doing it for me. I’m ripping through sample code b/c the chapter itself is like being asked to learn Sumerian in a mirror. [...]

]]> http://blog.founddrama.net/2004/11/itunes2mysql2/#comment-90 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.founddrama.net/?p=462#comment-90 I will love you long time if you happen to have a Schema that validates against the iTunes listing that you could shoot my way.<br />-m I will love you long time if you happen to have a Schema that validates against the iTunes listing that you could shoot my way.
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