Re: query help

> Hello PHP Gurus, > > I need your help on an insert query. > > I wanted to know if there is way to insert an array of values into a DB. An > eg would explain this better : > > If I have 2 tables in a DB, 1) users has 3 columns 2) hobbies = 5 columns > > I was thinking of having a single function which will perform the insert on > any insert which happens on the entire website. > > Eg : This function can be called with 2 parameters, the first parameter the > table name, and the second parameter is an array of values which will be > inserted into the table. > eg : Users has these columns [1]ID [2] Name [3]Location > so the function call would be something like * > insert_into_tbale(users,array[user_values])* > ** > Does this make sense ? Is this a good method to follow ? > > Thanks in advance ! > > Vinay Kannan. You don't give any info about the database engine, but assuming you're using MySQL take a look at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/insert.html Specifically you can use your idea to build an INSERT/VALUE version of the syntax INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, .colN.) VALUES (col1Value1, col2value1, colNvalue1), (col1Value2, col2value2, colNvalue2), ... -- Niel Archer niel.archer (at) blueyonder.co.uk