[dowster]

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Originally Posted by x96664 This 2 answers were, what I exactly needed. Thank you!

Glad I could help. There is one problem with what you have there. There is no reference to the result and you may want to read more into how this works.

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Originally Posted by ****** The plugins are not provided for people to learn SQL, they are provided for people who already know SQL. It is an incredibly powerful language, but one that is very hard to get right, even for the experts. If you learn as you go, there's a high chance you will miss out on all the information regarding potential security holes littering your code as a result of using it (and no, one basic tutorial mentioning escaping strings is not adequate protection). 90% of the SQL on these forums is insecure, inefficient rubbish because people tried to learn on the job instead of learning first then using that knowledge.

These are very wise words. I resemble the pretty much what ****** depicted and it is not the way to do things. Granted you can learn from your mistakes, but often it is better to just start out by looking at as many tutorials as you can and taking notes. Note taking is a skill which should be retained all throughout life and is not something that should be tossed aside as you finish school. Figure out what you want to accomplish, find the tools you need, and learn the basics and best practices of utilizing such tools.

Now is learning by doing a bad thing? Certainly not. However, when learning by doing you should never be working on the actual project. Start with simpler side projects and then step up once you are comfortable that you know what you're doing.