so the tables in a MySQL database are in XML format?

i m putting this as a totally random programming language right now. Currently i m learning or intend to learn the following

C++
C#
Java
PHP
MySQL
HTML
CSS

(ok i already know HTML and CSS and you can hardly call either of them programming- so sue me)

Anyway- i do most of my programming work currently in windows- although i soon intend to switch out to coding in linux. Just wanted to ask what OS most people program in- and what IDE (if any( you use.
For the C languages etc i m using visual studio at the moment.

Using Textpad for Java- although i ll probably be moving over to eclipse at a later stage... we use JKreator or whatever its called at uni- but i dispise that program.

no idea what i m gonna be learning php and mysql on.
JCreator is the thing of the past- now that Eclipse and Netbeans have stepped in.

i know what you mean- i m definatly taking a look at netbeans- because if 1 IDE can cover all the languages i wnt to learn (save c#) then its definatly worth looking into.

Can t stand JCreator. We had a timed assessment... two problems came up.

1: jCreator refused to compile... anything. It wouldn t even compile bloody hello world.

2: i had to start from scratch 4 times because the program crashed and i lost my work.

I am looking for some free online forum software for my website- www.freeonlineforum.com

I need it to be easy to install and use- and fairly versatile.

I am using Bluehost to host my website. it has mySQL and postgreSQL databases.

Thanks for your help

For making PHP games- having my own server and stuff like that.

How to install a wordpress blog on dedicated server?
I don t know how to create mysql database? plz. let me know that also.

I am able to pass a single variable like www.abc.com/page.php?date=01/01/08
Put what if I wanted to use a date range. I am able to do it using a form- but unable to do it with a url.
The page I have processing the data for multiple dates uses
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM inspection WHERE date>= $date_begin and date<= $date_end ORDER BY date "-$db);
How do I pass multiple variables using a web url to a php page?
I am able to pass a single variable like www.abc.com/page.php?date=01/01/08 to a page with
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM inspection WHERE date= $date ORDER BY date "-$db);
But what if I wanted to use a date range. I am able to do it using a form- but unable to do it with a url.
The page I have processing the data for multiple dates uses
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM inspection WHERE date>= $date_begin and date<= $date_end ORDER BY date "-$db);