RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

Sorry, I should know better. >-----Original Message----- >From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk] >Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:51 PM >To: Jerry Schwartz >Cc: 'PJ'; 'Gary W. Smith'; 'MySql'; php-general@lists.php.net >Subject: RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question > >On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:44 -0500, Jerry Schwartz wrote: >> >Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): >> > >> >$query = "INSERT INTO >> >sometable(title,content) >> >VALUES('$title','$content')"; >> >$result = mysql_query($query); >> >$autoId = mysql_insert_id($result); >> > >> >$query = "INSERT INTO £¡9ÿ%H5 >> >ÀZ*—ÛÖanother_table(link_id,value) >> >VALUES($autoId,'$value'); >> >$result = mysql_query($query); >> > >> >No need to call another query to retrieve the last inserted id, as it >is >> >tied to the last query executed within this session. >> > >> > >> >Ash >> >www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> >> [JS] Ashley is absolutely right, I'd forgotten about the >mysql_insert_id >> shorthand. (I'm a one-man band, and for the last week or two I've been >> immersed in VB for Access forms.) Not only is she right, but her way >is >> better. Presumably a language's internal code is maintained as the >specific >> database changes. You can make yourself more independent of the >specific >> database by using the PDO abstraction, although I would save that for >a >> rainy weekend. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jerry Schwartz >> The Infoshop by Global Information Incorporated >> 195 Farmington Ave. >> Farmington, CT 06032 >> >> 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 >> >> www.the-infoshop.com >> www.giiexpress.com >> www.etudes-marche.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >I just checked, and yep, I'm definitely still a he ;) > > >Ash >www.ashleysheridan.co.uk