RE: [PHP] newbie mysql and php

From: Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:18:11 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] newbie mysql and php
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It looks like mysql_query is failing, add these two lines to your code, and see what message pops up: ... $dbdo = mysql_query($query,$dbconnect); if(false === $dbdo) echo mysql_errno(),': ',mysql_error(); else echo 'The query worked, $dbdo value is:',$dbdo; while($row= mysql_fetch_array($dbdo)){ ... Chris -----Original Message----- From: tony [mailto:awardd@essex.ac.uk] Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 4:18 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] newbie mysql and php hello I'm new with php just learning and i have just a problem with the following code $dbconnect = mysql_connect("localhost", "prog_tony","PASSWORD"); mysql_select_db("prog_dealer", $dbconnect); $stop = 0; $counter = 1; while(!$stop){ $query = "SELECT name FROM category WHERE id = $counter"; $dbdo = mysql_query($query,$dbconnect); while($row= mysql_fetch_array($dbdo)){ if($row[0]){ $counter++; }else{ $stop=1; } $row[0] = ""; } } I'm getting an error with mysql_fetch_array() which is line 14 because I didn't show the other lines since it is not relevant. here is the error Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/prog/public_html/php/cateadded.php on line 14 Thank you -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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