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Table Administration (Cont.)

May 31, 2002

The displayTable() method executes a select * from <table> command and returns all of the rows in an associative array:

//##################################################################
//##    Method:         displayTable                              ##
//##    Parameters:     tablename                                  ##
//##    Return value:   array of records in table                 ##
//##################################################################
   function displayTable($table)
      {
      $this->sqlstmt = "select * from ".$table;
      $queryid =
      mysql_db_query($this->database,$this->sqlstmt,$this->linkid);
      if (empty($queryid))
         {
         return 0;
         }
      $count = mysql_num_rows($queryid);
      for ($i=0;$i < $count;$i++)
         {
         $tableresults[$i] =
         mysql_fetch_array ($queryid,MYSQL_ASSOC);
         }
      return $tableresults;
      }

   }//end of tableAdmin class

After defining the methods of the tableAdmin class, check that the user is able to establish a connection to the server and that they have selected a database to work with before administering any tables:

include ('chapter5_checklogin.php'); 

if ($sessiondata[database]  ==  NULL )
   {
   echo "<CENTER>\n";
   echo "<BR><BR>\n";
   echo "You must use dbAdmin to select a database to work with.";
   echo "</CENTER>\n";;
   $nodatabase = TRUE;
   }

Next, present the user with the submenu of available table administration options:

if ($loggedin == TRUE && !$nodatabase)
   {
   echo "<CENTER>\n";
   echo "<A HREF=\"chapter5_tableAdmin.php?action=list\"";
   echo ">List Tables</A>\n";
   echo "<A HREF=\"chapter5_tableAdmin.php?action=describe1\"";
   echo ">Describe Table</A>\n";
   echo "<A HREF=\"chapter5_tableAdmin.php?action=drop1\"";
   echo ">Drop Table</A>\n";
   echo "<A HREF=\"chapter5_tableAdmin.php?action=display1\"";
   echo ">Display Table</A>\n";
   echo "</CENTER>\n";
   }

You then create a tableAdmin object that you will use to execute any table administration methods:

 $myTableAdmin =
new tableAdmin($sessiondata[database],$myDBConn->linkid);

We examine the action variable to determine which method to call:

switch($userinfo[action]) 
   {

If the action is list, you display a single-column listing of all the tables in the database:

   case 'list':
      {
      $tablelistarray = $myTableAdmin->listTables();
      displayArray("Tables",$tablelistarray);
      break;
      }

If the action is describe, you first ask which table you want to describe, and then call the describe method of your tableAdmin object:

   case 'describe1':
      {
      displayOneLineForm('chapter5_tableAdmin.php','Table Name',
                         'in_table','describe2','Describe Table');
      break;
      }
   case 'describe2':
      {
      $descriptionlist =
      $myTableAdmin->describeTable($userinfo[in_table]);
      displayResultSet($descriptionlist);
      break;
      }

We used the displayOneLineForm() function from the chapter5_common.php file to simplify this script.

In the case of dropTable() and displayTable(), you again prompt for the table name and then call the corresponding method of the tableAdmin object:

   case 'drop1':
      {
      displayOneLineForm('chapter5_tableAdmin.php','Table Name',
                         'in_table','drop2','Drop Table');
      break;
      }
   case 'drop2':
      {
      $rc = $myTableAdmin->dropTable($userinfo[in_table]);
      echo "<BR><BR>\n";
      echo "<CENTER>\n";
      if  ($rc ==TRUE)
        {
        echo "Table ".$userinfo[in_table]." was dropped.";
        }
        else
        {
        echo "Table ".$userinfo[in_table]." could not be dropped.";
        }
        echo "</CENTER>\n";
        break;
      }
   case 'display1':
      {
      displayOneLineForm('chapter5_tableAdmin.php','Table Name',
                         'in_table','display2','Display Table');
      break;
      }
   case 'display2':
      {
      $tableresults =
      $myTableAdmin->displayTable($userinfo[in_table]);
      displayResultSet($tableresults);
      break;
      }
   }
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