Re: mySQL Addition Problem

Remove the comma after the "SET" clause? -Szii ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Thompson" <milesthompson@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] mySQL Addition Problem > > Dammit, that code looks right. > > So .... > > 1. Have you tried it at the mysql console? What results? > 2. How accurately does day match $day? Have you tried "=" instead of LIKE? > Maybe it's doing it twice? > 3. Is day distinct? How do you know you have only one? > > When you tested with 2, assuming i had a value of 1, was the result 5 or 6? > > Strange - Miles Thompson > > At 05:43 PM 5/16/01 -0400, SubvertTRL wrote: > >I am making a simple script that counts votes per day for a site and uses a > >simple database, All i want to do is increment the field by one. the first > >time i run the script it works, after that it doubles it. so instead of 1, > >it adds 2. i know its doubling it because i tried adding 2, 3, and 4 and it > >doubled all those... the field is a BIGINT UNSIGNED, i've tried it with > >just INT, nothing seems to work, i used to have PHP get the field value, > >increment it, then update the row in the database with the new number, it > >doubleed it that way. now i use straight mySQL code to do it all in one > >shot, still doubles it.. can any one help me??? > > > >heres my code... less database info :) > > > >$results = mysql_query("UPDATE trlvotes SET i=i+1, WHERE day LIKE '$day'"); > >if (mysql_affected_rows($results) == 0){ > > mysql_query("INSERT INTO trlvotes (id, day, i) VALUES (null, '$day', 1)"); > >} > >mysql_close(); > > > > > >you can email me at subverttrl@yahoo.com > > > >thanks! > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net