[Typo3-UG Australia] Breaking DB

[Bernie (VRgrafix)]

G'day Paul !

> I agree with Roger, that it's best to check the install groups first.
Hmm - okay - I'll try again. FYI - I ended up installing typo on 4 
seperate win boxes (running XP on most win 2k on another) but I'm still 
finding Typo "fragile". Each machine in some way "breaks" my DB. (I'm 
sure thats not the right word ;) Basically, I play with changing fonts / 
colours and within an hour or so - I get errors and can't get to the 
backend anymore or I can get in the backend - but won't display the 
front end due to errors. I'll have to be more specific and dig some 
error codes up.

BTW - I had searched the "knowledge DB" and in most cases -these error 
codes were not found :(

> it's nice to hear from other users in the same geographical area 
my oath ! I was stoked when I saw an australian UG list - I was a bit 
hesitant joining though as the archive is quiet and 2003 data only. 
Great to see its active ! :)

> Typo3. IMHO it's another golden thread of Open Source Software movement.
Indeed - I've fiddled with postNuke and PHPNuke - but neither offered 
the sort of CMS I was after ! Typo3 however - what can I say !? WOW ! 
Its EXACTLY what I would like to delve into - but like anything, I'm 
flat out busy on a million projects and finding time to go through the 
tutes / learn it is at a premium :/ Hence - I apologies in advance for 
any gumby "newbie" questions I might put forward ;P

 > Sorry if I'm being preachy, but even
 > experts (assuming you might be one) sometimes forget the simple things.
LOL - I'm far from an expert Paul ! I know my applications, CAD, 3D, 
dreamweaver and HTML - but when it comes to databases and Linux - I'm a 
little in the dark. I've got fellow dedicated 'ix users and DB 
associates - but like everyone, they are busy and many are O/seas. So 
please preach away - I'm here to learn and will take any nuggets of info 
with hard earned appreciation :)

> I run my Typo3 installations on FreeBSD webhosts, 
Hmm.. Lost me there - Is that a Linux install ?

> Since Typo doesn't run in debug mode by default, 
ahh ! So by implication your saying it can run in debug mode ? Thats 
good to hear :)

> Also check your permissions of the user the Apache & PHP services are
> running under,
Again, I'm a newbie with apache et al - so I'm not sure where I set the 
permissions - At this point I D/L typo3 package (3.6.1 obviously) and 
just run the batch script to run apache / mysql. Assuming I'm still 
keeping things local - I would assume I don't need to change any 
permissions just yet ?

Many thanks guys for your help

Regards

Bernie
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