Re: Php error with MySql

From: Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 21:19:03 +0000
Subject: Re: Php error with MySql
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Wil wrote:
I get the following error Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/wilmail/public_html/elblog.php on line 7 &n=& //error ends here with the following bit of code $qResult = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM blog_entries ORDER BY id DESC"); $nRows = mysql_num_rows($qResult); $rString ="&n=".$nRows; If I am just naming a variable how is the argument not valid?
It's not valid because your query didn't execute as you expected. So, there is no result resource. I would suggest you use mysql_error() after your query to see what's wrong. Janet -- Janet Valade -- janet.valade.com

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