Alrighty, Jim.  As promised, everything is up on your server under the following
link by this morning, Monday, December 15.  Simply go to

  http://cs.marlboro.edu/~gjohnson/mysql/

and have a nice little read through.  There are a few VERY IMPORTANT caveats to
doing so, however.  First, the database exists on my computer and my computer
alone, and as a result, you can only successfully run the scripts which query
and update it while my computer is on.  Luckily for you, I'm leaving the
SiliconYak up here in my dorm room during the winter break.  However, I hate the
idea of wasting energy.  So here's the deal.  I'm leaving this afternoon
(probably right after lunch) to drive 10 hours home to Gainesville, VA.  I am
going to leave my computer on when I leave.  I need you to look over this thing
as soon as possible, and after doing so, PLEASE send an e-mail to
gjohnson@marlboro.edu or smd@marlboro.edu saying that you are done looking at
the final.  When we get this message, we are going to shut off my computer and
leave it off for the rest of break.  Simple enough, right?  Please don't forget
about this, Jim.  Stacy is leaving on Wednesday sometime, and you can be sure
that she will turn off my system before she leaves the room.  If you haven't
graded the project by that point, you won't be able to.  This is just a friendly
reminder, albeit an important one.

The other rather important thing to note about this project is that a lot of
your random searches may not seem to turn up any results.  This is not a problem
with my program.  Rather, the data set that I put into the database in the end
is really rather small (10 trees, mostly coniferous).  Fortunately, I made the
search-response script display the entire contents of the database below the
matching values so you can verify your answers with what is actually in the
database itself.

Finally, the dbupdate.pl script is very straightforward to use but was never
bullet-proofed (since I was the only one using it).  As a result, if you slip up
while using it, you may mess up the database and not be able to restore it
unless you know what you're doing.  This is not saying that you shouldn't run
the script.  After all, it's part of the project and therefore my grade.  I just
thought you should be prepared ahead of time in case the command line interface
confuses you.  (Remember: Shift+PgUp and Shift+PgDown allows you to scroll
through the terminal)

Well, that's all I have to say about that.  It's 6:30am right now, and I haven't
gotten any sleep all night.  Stacy has been violently ill, and I've been writing
papers and programming away non-stop for days.  I have to crash now if I'm going
to have enough energy to drive myself home after lunch, so I'll catch you on
e-mail sometime, big guy.  Just try and behave yourself while I'm not around to
keep an eye on you.

    ~Gary
    gjohnson@marlboro.edu