Re: Stupid newbie looping MySQL question

At 4:59 PM -0800 1/7/01, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >Ok, do the following: > > - Assign your query to a variable > > $query = "select topic from table"; > > - Output that variable > > echo $query > > - Perform the query > > $result = mysql_db_query('name of db', $query); > if(!$result) echo mysql_error(); > >Then send me the output of this. This has to be a problem with the query >you are sending to MySQL. Per your instructions, after linking to the db I put in: $query = "SELECT name FROM forums"; echo $query; $result = mysql_db_query ("tnh", $query); if(!$result) echo mysql_error(); and the result, cut and pasted from the web page, was: SELECT name FROM forums No error message. L -- Lynn Siprelle, Siprelle & Associates: Web Construction and Publishing Chief Assoc. Josephine b. 9/9/97 * New Assoc. Louisa due 5/1/01 Business: lynn@siprelle com | Personal: lynsa@siprelle.com The New Homemaker: http://www.newhomemaker.com/