[development] How do I write to the database?

[Fred Jones]

> My colleague is trying to simply write to a mysql database. And having
> a pretty difficult time of it.

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> If someone could post any samples they have used of syntax - writing
> to a Drupal 6.15, standard install using
> computed field values

What exactly are you trying to do? Here
http://api.drupal.org/api/group/database/6 is how you write to the
database, but you must know where to put your code so it's executed at
the right time.

F