Is there some way I can update a value in a db and add something to the end of it witout rewriting over the whole thing?
yes, but not like you're probably thinking. You can't directly append to a database (that I know of). You're only option is to retrieve the value into a variable, append a value onto the variable in php, and update the database. Sorry.
You could try:
UPDATE tablename SET colname=CONCAT(colname, 'something') WHERE id=1; or UPDATE tablename SET colname=colname||'something' WHERE id=1;
But I have no guarantees that it'll work.
eh yea i was thinking of 1st just getting the info then adding onto it, thats what ill have to do, only a few extra lines, no worries
You could, if you have rather predictable circumstances and the data isn't huge, put the value in question inside of an <input type='hidden' value='stuff' /> and then append to it if when you are updating the table...maybe.
