Re: Drop down box NOT populated

From: Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:50:31 +0000
Subject: Re: Drop down box NOT populated
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----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Sandwick To: php-db@lists.php.net Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:46 PM Subject: [PHP-DB] Drop down box NOT populated Can anyone tell me what I am missing here, The Select statement does not populate my drop down window? My drop down box is empty ! [snip] <? include '../db.php'; $how = mysql_query("SELECT count(distinct(account)) from Backlog") or die ("Something bad happened: " . mysql_error()); $how_many = mysql_result($how, 0); echo "<h3>$how_many Accounts to pick from !!!</h3>"; $sql = mysql_query("SELECT distinct(Account) FROM Backlog")or die ("Something bad happened here: " . mysql_error()) ; echo "<select name=\"account\">\n"; echo "<option>\n"; <<<<---------- WHAT IS THIS DOING HERE !!!!! while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) { echo ' <option value="'.$row["account"].'">'.$row["account"]."</option>\n"; } echo "</select>\n"; ?> [end snip] Larry Sandwick Sarreid, Ltd. Network/System Administrator phone: (252) 291-1414 x223 fax : (252) 237-1592

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