Hi,

just wondering if it is possible to use Javascript to populate the 'Recent Additions' list on www.short-story.net (middle of front page). All stories are held in a MySQL database, is there a simple enough way to grab the most recent story and fill in the rest of the information (Title, Author, Genre, Rating)? At present I have to update it manually.

thanks for any guidance

Why javascript?

As it's a MySQL DB I'm assuming you're using PHP... why not use PHP to build a query such as:

SELECT TOP 10 FROM TableName ORDER BY Date

the list is in an html page... all dynamic pages on the site are written in Perl by a friend of mine.

I was just wondering as it'd be the only easy(ish) solution at the moment.