RE: [PHP] Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource

From: Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 05:56:41 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource
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Hi Hugh, I added back in the other two lines, and it's working now... not sure why, though. Thanks, Kurosh -----Original Message----- From: Hugh Danaher [mailto:hdanaher@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:53 AM To: Kurosh Burris Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource try something simpler and see if it passes: $SelectQuery="SELECT SUM(GiftSubscriptions) AS GiftSubs FROM Registration"; $Result = mysql_query($SelectQuery) or die("Something died in here! ".mysql_error()); ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurosh Burris" <kurosh@rogers.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:54 PM Subject: [PHP] Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource > Hi Everyone, > > I'm trying to get a very simple "sum" of the values in an MySQL database > field column. I have very little experience with PHP and SQL, but I learn > quickly. :) Our resident PHP expert who built the full script is really > busy, so I've been trying to do this myself. The farthest I could get from > just reading various posts in other forums was: > > $SelectQuery = new Query ("SELECT SUM(GiftSubscriptions) AS GiftSubs FROM > Registration"); > $Result = mysql_query($SelectQuery); > $Value = mysql_fetch_array($Result); > echo $Value['GiftSubs']; > > However, I'm getting this error: > > Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result > resource > > Can someone tell me what's wrong with this part of the code? > > Thanks, > Kurosh > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >

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