Re: new to php/mysql

"Sam" <juneaushin@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20030131184428.82141.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > i'm new to this php/mysql thing - i've defected microsoft. > when trying to pull data from a table in mysql, i get the following error: > > Warning: mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL > result resource in C:\cn\test.php on line 24 1. echo out the sql statement and look at it to see what's wrong. 2. echo out mysql_error() and see what that does to help 3. Check the return value of mysql_query after each exec, a failed query means bad sql, mysql_error says what.