Building a stateful web application is possible, but not feasible for most application scenarios. As for why a person may want such a thing? LOTS of reasons. An obvious example is a browser-based...

Comatose is correct. Here is more detail.

<script type="text/javascript">
function ElementContent(id,content)
{
document.getElementById(id).value = content;
}
</script>

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For simply comparing 2 lists of words for matches, I'd leave the database out of it. You can store your results or the keywords in the database if you want, but for the actual comparison, check out...

Debugging tip: You mention that you run the statement in MySql window, and it works, but did you actually copy & paste the statement as generated by your code? Right after you build the $sql...

You can mix and match some tech that is usually Windows with some tech that is normally linux. For example, PHP is usually used on the Linux OS with the Apache web service. But you can use PHP on...

Thanks, ae1. As for your "simple website with a few links" need, you probably already have enough experience from working with the MoveableType blog system to create a basic HTML page and include...

You've discovered the truth. This stuff is not easy. It is not user-friendly. When Microsoft asks "Where do you want to go today?", they already know the answer: HELL.

Seriously, though, this...