Re: query to display the results without...

Eric Holmstrom wrote:

Okay i have this so far ----------------------------------------------- <?php $conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "", ""); mysql_select_db("ERIC",$conn); $sql = "SELECT * FROM rocket"; $result = mysql_query($sql, $conn) or die(mysql_error()); while ($newArray = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {

     $partno = $newArray['PARTNO'];
     $description = $newArray['DESCRIPTION'];

$comment = $newArray['COMMENT']; } ?> ----------------------------------------------------------- How do i make it so if i type http://localhost/test.php?partno=5r&description=copper Cheers if you can help out! "Justin Patrin" <papercrane@reversefold.com> wrote in message news:20031208224125.86629.qmail@pb1.pair.com...

Eric Holmstrom wrote:

Hi there I have a database called "Eric" and table name called "Rocket'. Table consists of three values. PARTNO | DESCRIPTION | COMMENT So far if i want to show copper headgaskets from the 5r field i put this string into the php script (along with the rest of the html/php code) $sql = "SELECT * FROM rocket WHERE partno like '5r%' AND description

like

'COPPER HEADGASKET%'"; The problem is there is 1000s of different querys i want to run and dont want to make a page for each query. So what im trying to ask is how do i

run

a query to display the results (like

http://www.domain.com/query.php?"the

query i want to run" rather then link to a .php/html file with the query inside of it.)

The short answer is to use a GET variable for this. http://example.com/script.php?sql=SELECT... You have to remember to url encode the SQL, though (see urlencode()). You can access it like this: $_GET['sql'] The longer answer is to use a package such as DB_DataObject_FormBuilder (http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder) to generate this stuff for you. It will take some setup, but once you're used to it, it can make this kind of app happen real quick. -- paperCrane <Justin Patrin>

At this point, I will recommend you to ANY PHP tutorial and the PHP manual. The point of these lists is to help after you've tried things, not to write your code for you. -- paperCrane <Justin Patrin>