Old Forum - webDiplomacy

Forum

A place to discuss topics/games with other webDiplomacy players.

Page 816 of 1419

First

Previous

Next

Last

rokakoma (19138

)
18 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Live gunboat-148 - EOG

20 replies

SpeakerToAliens (147

(S)

)
17 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

The Euro Crises Explained

<See inside>

6 replies

)
18 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Live gunboat-148 EOG

Good game everyone.

0 replies

(S)

)
18 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Should +1 bump a thread?

In light of all the new uses for the +1 feature, should it also bump a thread? The con would be that the front page would have threads without new replies while new replies might be buried. Thoughts?

9 replies

(B)

)
17 Oct 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

A Tribute to Mr. Calhamer

Draugnar pointed out that this is the creator of Diplomacy's 80th birthday coming up this December 7th and I've got an idea on how we can say thanks in a way that shows him just how many and how far his game has captured across the world.

99 replies

)
18 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Hypothetical move

Let's assume that St. Petersburg is surrounded. Norway and Finland are going to support Barents Sea in. Armies in Livonia and Moscow could support the hold in St. Pete's, but a German army may cut Livonian support. If St. Petersburg hits Norway to cut support, and Moscow supports Livonia into St. petetersburg, would everyone bounce?

8 replies

(G)

)
18 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Raising Elephants Is So Utterly Boring

Haven't had to use that one in a while...

5 replies

Lando Calrissian (100

(S)

)
17 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

we will bury you

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=70569

16 replies

stratagos (3269

(S)

)
16 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Why mute is the best thing ever

see inside

67 replies

)
17 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Informal Gunboat Poll

Informal Formal Poll

Favorite country to play in a gunboat Diplomacy game? Simply +1 your choice!

38 replies

HerrBayerischKaiser (208

)
18 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Weird glitch.

I imputed my orders. And none of them went through. Does this happen often. It has caused me to drastically change a game that I was winning.

2 replies

)
16 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Winter Gunboat Tourney Group C needs a player

gameID=69344, gameID=69345

5 replies

2ndWhiteLine (2611

(B)

)
17 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

WebDip Statistics

Does anybody (Kestas, maybe) know of, or is it even possible to, keep track of webdip statistics?

18 replies

Leif_Syverson (271

)
16 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Informal Poll: Political Leanings

Which would you describe yourself as?

+1 the appropriate post..

39 replies

franzjosefi (1291

)
17 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

What to do?

I am also playing on another Dip site that shall remain nameless and have noticed from looking at game history that 2 of the players in my game almost always play together and seem to always be allies. What should I do?

9 replies

President Eden (2750

)
16 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Are discussions of banned players allowed on the forum?

Obviously cheating accusations aren't, but I seem to recall hearing that we're allowed to discuss players banned for cheating openly, and I'm curious as to the story behind some of the recently-banned players... seems like some familiar names are out.

41 replies

steephie22 (182

(S)

)
27 Aug 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

dutch games here!!

if you're not dutch get away :)
don't try to join we'll kick you out...

254 replies

Rufus T. Firefly (121

)
17 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

New and looking to improve? Join us...

"New Players/Bad Players, take 2" is looking for a few bad players to fill out our training game. No multis, though, please... that's what's causing us to have a "take 2" in the first place.

If you're interested, the password is strudel. (No, not swordfish. :) )

3 replies

(B)

)
17 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Unions and striking...

Belgian Legislator Calls On Women To Hold Out On Sex Till Government Crisis Resolved.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/09/the-solution-to-belgiums-government-crisis-stop-having-sex/

8 replies

Diplomat33 (243

(B)

)
14 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Sitter

my arranged sitter now cant. need a replacement. anyone can for a week or so, 5 games or less.

9 replies

2ndWhiteLine (2611

(B)

)
17 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Informal Formal Poll

Favorite country to play in standard Diplomacy? +1 your choice!

7 replies

(B)

)
16 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Help! Unread messages in gunboat game

How do I get rid of the message icon?? I've seen the messages in the Chat archive, but it keeps on saying I have a new message!!

4 replies

(B)

)
16 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

Need New Italy

Old one was banned., has 5 Centers in 1905, and a decent position.

gameID=71254

26 replies

)
16 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

LIVE GAME!!!

LIVE GAME!!!-4 starting in 10 min.! join now!!!

0 replies

Yellowjacket (835

(B)

)
16 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

airport gunboat

Gonna be stranded Wed. night before thanksgiving from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in the Milwaukee airport (just like in Dogma lol)

Anybody want to volunteer to keep me occupied with a few gunboat games to pass the hours?

3 replies

)
16 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

poetic public press

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=72222
pw:1234. if unclear about rules, post and we'll talk. need 3 more

0 replies

(B)

)
15 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

World Gunboat Needs Early Replacement

gameID=69636
There's only been one Spring phase and zero NMRs.
Note: I am not in the game, just trying to help out the players that are without having them compromising their identity.

2 replies

2ndWhiteLine (2611

(B)

)
14 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

PHP Help

PHP/SQL database construction

2ndWhiteLine (2611 )
14 Nov 11 UTC

I need some help on a final project for a PHP/SQL class. I need to create a web database connected to an SQL database that enables querying, updating, adding, deletion of records, etc. from the database. My project is pretty basic: an online database of baseball statistics for players on a team that lets the user add players, update player records, view team stats, and a few other queries.

I've constructed my database and made my rough draft of the homepage in html. The next step, though, is creating PHP forms through the HTML homepage that creates SQL commands to carry out the queries mentioned above.

First page I'm trying to make is an SQL Insert command. Is there anyone well versed in PHP/SQL that would be willing to help a bit?

fortknox (2059 )
14 Nov 11 UTC

We have developers here. I'm a Java architect... I can run SQL commands and can probably tell you the errors in your code if you want to post them...
please note, though, that we will steer you in the right direction, but will not be doing your project for you.

Baskineli (100 )
14 Nov 11 UTC

Be more specific, I might be able to help.

Or just use Drupal ;)

Draugnar (0 )
14 Nov 11 UTC

First SQL is SQL. there is no PHP/SQL. There is MS Transact-SQL or another flavor of SQL based on the SQL server in question, but PHP is not a SQL server and doesn't have a distinct flavor of SQL.

Second, if your SQL platform allows them, use stored procedures. They are independent of the PHP and makes the PHP calls (or the .Net calls) that much easier and secure.

And as fortknox pointed out, we can help mentor you but we won't do it for you.

I can provide solid help with the SQL, but my PHP is a bit (ok *a lot*) weak.

orathaic (1009 )
14 Nov 11 UTC

there are loads of php to SQL security issues which may also appear as bugs if you don't account for them.

but a basic system seems pretty easy.

@Draug, i didn't know baout SQL stored procedures, show my fragmented learning i guess.

do you know if MySQL has the same functionality?

2ndWhiteLine (2611 )
15 Nov 11 UTC

My assignment is to access an online database using SQL in PHP. My main problem exists with creating SQL queries to access and change the database. For example, my "insert" functions don't insert and returns an SQL syntax error message. The (very) rough draft of my website is here, I haven't done much with the CSS and layouts yet, so it's in a very raw form:

http://tomscudder.netai.net/Final/StatsHome.html

My one query that is actually working is "view team stats," where a statistic is selected and the result is a list of players on the team and the associated number for that statistic, but that's a fairly easy query to run since nothing is being added or changed. Insert and update functions are proving to be tricky for me.

2ndWhiteLine (2611 )
15 Nov 11 UTC

And just to clarify, this is a grad school final project, so I would never expect anyone to "do it for me." Not that I would want that anyway, I need to know the proper skills on how to create, access, and change SQL databases.

Draugnar (0 )
15 Nov 11 UTC

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/stored-routines.html

From MySQL's dev site.

Draugnar (0 )
15 Nov 11 UTC

Sounds like you need a primer in SQL if your INSERT statement is throwing an error. That or your security permisisons are all messed up.

fortknox (2059 )
15 Nov 11 UTC

give us your insert statement and we'll tell you what's wrong.

2ndWhiteLine (2611 )
15 Nov 11 UTC

I've created successful INSERTs before, but the issue I'm having is creating the INSERT entry in a separate form and getting those user-generated names and numbers into the SQL database. For example, when I write the INSERT statement myself in mySQL, everything works. My problems are arising when I try to create a PHP form in which the user can manually enter names and statistics to insert a new record into the database, which keeps kicking back syntax errors.

mittag (391 )
15 Nov 11 UTC

mysql_real_escape_string

I have once written a function where you could insert values like sprintf, if you are interested I can mail you that.

mittag (391 )
15 Nov 11 UTC

or another common mistake is that one tries to execute more than 1 query via mysql_query (or using the mysqli library)

orathaic (1009 )
16 Nov 11 UTC

cool stuff, thanks draug.

@2ndWL, i've failed many times at going from php to SQL, mostly because of stupid syntax errors, and because i never learned SQL in the first place so was making it up... just echo the SQL query before calling it, to see what it says. (or store it to be echoed later...) it's probably poor practice compared to proper php debugging, but it may be faster if you're not planning to do things properly...

2ndWhiteLine (2611 )
16 Nov 11 UTC

I'm sure my professor would like the code correct, but thanks for some of the links. I'm still trying to figure out why I can't get terms from PHP forms to SQL commands using POST or GET commands. ($term, etc.)

mittag (391 )
16 Nov 11 UTC

register_globals are nowadays off (or should be). You can get those using the superglobals (always present in each scope) $_GET['term'], $_POST['term'] etc

Another thing you can to better debug PHP/MySQL is to make a wrapper function for query. In that function you call mysql_query and after that call mysql_error() to see an error happened. If so display that error message + query and die else return what mysql_query returned.

orathaic (1009 )
16 Nov 11 UTC

post and get may have some security arrangements which alter your data between submitting them and using them as a query.

and make sure you check each step of the way...

i recall many little issues like this, apart from the annoyance of writing your database queries in php...

fortknox (2059 )
16 Nov 11 UTC

make sure you commit your transaction, as well...

Draugnar (0 )
16 Nov 11 UTC

And double check to see if the variables in the request are encoded and check the lengths of any VarChars/strings. Encoding could cause a problem with numeric, boolean, and date fields or make the length exceed the varchar fields defined maximum length.

And one more thing to check. Be sure to remember the "'" around any string information you are sending up to the SQL when you build your query string.

19 replies

MrFrederson (253

)
14 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

A strange retreat

How is this retreat possible??
World Diplomacy IX, Poland to Ukraine! A fleet!
Is this some kind of bug?

15 replies

)
15 Nov 11 UTC

Thread is too old to reply to

I'm new to diplomacy and I have a question regarding the rules.

I was wondering why in this game Spain was able to dislodge Gascony and Gascony wasn't able to dislodge Marseilles? http://webdiplomacy.net/map.php?gameID=69489&turn=7&mapType=large

38 replies

Page 816 of 1419

First

Previous

Next

Last