Re: Errors Deleting...

Hi there :) When using checkboxes you'll have to name them as an array... ><td><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"cars\" > value=\"".$myrow[id]."\">remove</td> I'm pretty sure it would be like: <td><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"cars[]\" value=\"".$myrow[id]."\">remove</td> Hope this points you right direction ;) Cheers, Joe:) "Jas" <jlgerfen@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:20020221201943.59169.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Can someone tell me how I can find out why I am getting errors executing > queries when I try to delete items from a table? I have 2 files... > file 1. - Queries database, displays results with option to delete record > using a check box, code is as follows... > <?php > require '../scripts/db.php'; > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM cur_inv",$dbh) or die("Could not > execute query, please try again later"); > echo "<table border=\"0\" class=\"table-body\" > width=\"100%\"><form > name=\"rem_inv\" method=\"post\" action=\"done2.php3\"> > <tr><td align=\"center\" colspan=\"3\"><font > size=\"4\"><B>Current > Inventory</B></font><hr > color=\"333333\"></td></tr>"; > $count = -1; > while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { > $count ++; > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Type Of Car: > </B></td><td>"; > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_type")); > echo "</td><td><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"cars\" > value=\"".$myrow[id]."\">remove</td> > </tr>\n"; > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Model Of Car: > </B></td><td>"; > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_model")); > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Year Of Car: > </B></td><td>"; > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_year")); > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Price Of Car: > </B></td><td>$"; > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_price")); > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>VIN Of Car: > </B></td><td>"; > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_vin")); > echo "</td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><hr > color=\"333333\"></td></tr>\n"; > } > echo "<tr><td><input type=\"submit\" name=\"delete\" > value=\"delete\"></td></tr></form></table>"; > ?> > file 2. - takes variable of checkbox and then queries db trying to delete > any record based on the id. code is as follows... > <?php > require '../scripts/db.php'; > $table_name = "cur_inv"; > $sql = @mysql_query("DELETE FROM $table_name WHERE $id = 'id'",$dbh) or > die("Could not execute query, please try again later"); > print("changes made"); > ?> > I have been trying everything under the sun and cannot get this to work. > please help. > Jas > > > >