[RELEASE v2] Run a SQL query directly from your admin contorl panel

[Chen]

Description:
I see a lot of people here who are trying to fix a problem or install a hack, sometimes requires them to run a SQL query on their database, and just don't know quite how.
I know you can use Telnet, but not everyone has access, and I know there's phpMyAdmin, but who needs all that when you just need to update a table or add a field.
Of course running select queries with this is not very useful, but I'm working on changing that.


Main Features:
- Run a single query
- Run multiple queries
- Option to show / not show query after execution
- Confirmation page


Demo:
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Installation:
1. Unzip query.php from the attached zip file and upload to your admin folder.

2. In index.php (under your admin folder), replace

<tr><td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" id="navtable">
<?php maketableheader("Options"); ?>
</table>
<a href="options.php?s=<?php echo $session[sessionhash]; ?>&action=options"> Change options </a>
</td></tr>

with

<tr><td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" id="navtable">
<?php maketableheader("Options"); ?>
</table>
<a href="options.php?s=<?php echo $session[sessionhash]; ?>&action=options"> Change options </a>
</td></tr>

<tr><td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" id="navtable">
<?php maketableheader("SQL Queries"); ?>
</table>
<a href="query.php?s=<?php echo $session[sessionhash]; ?>"> Run a SQL query </a>
</td></tr>

That's it - can it get any more simple?
Feedback, requests, future ideas and anything else is more than welcome.

[joecrow]

kool thanks for the hack m8 keep up the good work.

[Bane]

Great Idea FireFly! Off to install this one Great thinking.

[orca]

Agree with Bane

/me is off installing...

[orca]

Worked like a charm. But I have a suggestion:

If I want to run a query which gives a result, e.g. the example query from mySQL

select BENCHMARK(1000000,encode("hello","goodbye"));

it should display the result. Now it only repeats the query again since I set this option to yes.

[Chen]

Thanks all for the comments.

Originally posted by FireFly
Of course running select queries with this is not very useful, but I'm working on changing that.

Orca, I'll see what I can do.
(btw, are you a female or a male? I've been wondering for days now )

[Thomas P]

As far as I know he's male (right?)
Great hack btw
-Tom

[George L]

interesting hack..

[butty]

great hack, so easy 2 install even me gran could have installed it!!

[Chen]

I've been working on this alot today.
I wanna go to sleep, and I don't have time to create new screen shots, edit posts and such, so I'm just going to post this new file here and when I wake up I'll sort everything.

This has support for basic queries, such as

SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE

Basically almost everything, except for AS. Don't try using AS, it will not work.

To install this simply upload the new file and overwrite the old one.

A basic screen shot is available in the zip file. *yawn*

Please post any feedback and suggestions about this, so I could fix / add anything to the new re-release! Thanks!

[Wayne Luke]

This isn't as fancy but it can run every query MySQL can process. It gives columnized results and it works on all versions of vBulletin. This is probably my first hack ever for vBulletin and I have been using it successfully for the last year.

Just rename it query.php and put a link for it in index.php.

[Chen]

So you're saying I wasted a day of my life?
Thanks Wayne.

[orca]

Originally posted by FireFly
Orca, I'll see what I can do.
(btw, are you a female or a male? I've been wondering for days now )

Just checked: Still all male.

[Pie'oh'pah]

Thumbs up dude

This is some serious hack! Small, easy to do and running fine!

Thnx

-Alex

[express]

Thanks For the hack Firefly, This will make things alot easier.