what about using cookies? my problem is this: i have about 10,000 hotels records and each of them has information about its location, its hotel code, its hotel tel, its country code etc... i would like to load this into the clients computer so that when they enter a hotel code, all the information will be reflected in the form using onChange()... if 50 employees were to query the database always for these 10,000 records, i'm afraid the server can't take the traffic and die.. so i was thinking of uploading a CSV file into my client's computer and then have my scripts find the file and read the file for Javascript to process... since the information in the file changes ususally only once a year, i don't have to worry that they will have back-dated information.. i'm desperate for enlightenment! thanx!! :o) blessings, hwee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Scappa" <mscappa@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Ng Hwee Hwee'" <hhwee@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:01 AM Subject: RE: Read file > If you are publishing it on the web, it has to get to the server > eventually, so your answer is "no". There is really no way around it. If > the file is often used, pump it into a DB and search it that way, it'll > be much quicker. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ng Hwee Hwee [mailto:hhwee@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 8:58 PM > To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Read file > > the reason i don't want to read from the server is because i don't want > to > use up too much space and processing time on the server.. the file has > 50,000 records of information.. > > is there another way other than uploading on the server side?? > > thanx! > hwee > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Wong" <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: Read file > > > > On Tuesday 18 November 2003 09:29, Ng Hwee Hwee wrote: > > > > > can anyone enlighten me on how i can use PHP to read the contents of > a > file > > > from the client's machine?? for eg, the client has a CSV file in his > > > MyDocuments directory, how can I read the contents and publish them > on > the > > > web? > > > > You have to ask them to upload it to the server: > > > > manual > Handling file uploads > > > > -- > > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development > * > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
