@TechnoBear Now I have a separate issue with the MySQL coding, specifically the area regarding the creation of the table. When I type into the mysql> prompt:
mysql> create table joke (
-> id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
-> joketext TEXT,
-> jokedate DATA NOT NULL
-> ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8;
It gives me the error:
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'DATA NOT NULL'
I have no idea why jokedate could be causing trouble.
@TechnoBear It might be that DATA is no longer an acceptable entry for the type. However, this does not seem likely, albeit the word DATA being a tad generic. If this is the case, it might be possible to replace DATA with STRING (if that is the correct syntax for string), however I don’t know how that would interface with the tutorial in terms of replacing DATA with STRING every time I see it.