example from meloni not working

From: Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:41:47 +0000
Subject: example from meloni not working
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A basic ht counter script from Meloni's book on mysql (page 318). Not working for me. Every time I load the page the counter stays at zero. Thanks for help. TR .................. <? $page_name="test1"; $db=mysql_connect("localhost","root",'mypass"); mysql_select_db("sitename"); $sql = "UPDATE test_track SET hits = hits + 1 WHERE page_name = '$page_name'; $sql2="SELECT hits FROM test_track WHERE page_name='$page_name'"; $res=mysql_query($sql2); $hits = mysql_result($res,0,'hits'); ?> <html> <body> <h1>You have been counted.</h1> <p> The current number is <? echo "$hits"; ?></p> </body> </html> ......... // mysql SCHEMA CREATE TABLE test_track( id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, page_name VARCHAR(50), hits INT ); INSERT INTO test_track VALUES(1,'test1',0); ........

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