Re: Resource link errors

Thanks Rick, Now it works. On Thursday 07 February 2002 03:04 pm, Rick Emery wrote: > The following means you have not opened a link to your database. > Concerntrate your efforts there. > > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link > resource in /var/www/html/list.php3 on line 26 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Thompson [mailto:admin@nwaa.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 3:23 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] Resource link errors > > > Hello all, > I'm very new to php and have been beating my head on the wall over this for > 2 > days. I've searched through the php documentation but I guess I either > don't > > know where or what to look for or don't understand what I'm seeing. > I think this has to be an array but the original doesn't seem to think > so.(see below) > I've tried ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) and still get the same > errors. > The original that I used as an example works OK showing the results of > Name, > > Position. They didn't include a data cell for $myrow[3] ........... > ========================================================= > THIS WORKS: > <?php > > $title = "Welcome to the Web-Site of"; /*I commented this out and finaly > removed it cuz I don't want the title echoed in the final page.*/ > > include("header.inc"); > > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM employees",$db); > > echo "<table border=1>\n"; > > echo "<tr><td>Name</td><td>Position</tr>\n"; > > while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { > > echo("<tr><td>%s %s</td><td>%s</tr>\n", > $myrow[1], $myrow[2], > $myrow[3]); > > } > > echo "</table>\n"; > include("footer.inc"); > > ?> > =========================================================== > What I am trying to do is to return the results of the query into a table > with these items: > +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ > > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > > +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ > > | id | tinyint(4) | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | > | year | int(4) | YES | | NULL | | > | make | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | > | model | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | > | engine | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | > | fuel | varchar(8) | YES | | NULL | | > | trans | varchar(10) | YES | | NULL | | > | condition | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | > | price | varchar(10) | YES | | 0 | | > | location | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | > > +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ > These are the errors that show up when I run the page in the browser. > The database is local and I'm on Linux-Mandrake 8.1 using Apache web > server. I can get the results I want from the command line, that is I can > make queries and get the proper info returned. > what have I done to cause it not to work? > > > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link > resource in /var/www/html/list.php3 on line 26 > > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result > resource in /var/www/html/list.php3 on line 32 > > THIS DOESN'T: > I get the table and the item name e.g. Year, Make etc. > Once I get the 3 cells returning the proper info, I want to add the rest of > the cells needed to display all the info in the web page. I don't think it > should be a problem, comments on this? > > <?php > > include("header.inc"); > > //(Line 26 below, everything above "<?php" is plain html.) > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM autos",$db); > > echo "<table border=1>\n"; > > echo > "<tr><td>Year</td><td>Make</td><td>Model</td></tr>\n"; > > //(Line 32 below) > while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { > > //What does the '%s' mean? I read it someplace in the tutorial > //but can't find it now. > > printf("<tr><td>%s %s</td><td>%s</tr>\n", > $myrow[1], $myrow[2], > $myrow[3]); > > } > > echo "</table>\n"; > include("footer.inc"); > > ?> -- Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos Payette, Idaho Email: ken@nwaa.com http://www.nwaa.com Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936