Re: PHP Udate MySQL command

Sorry, just noticed that I had this line in the post. (should not post before coffee). > $sql = "INSERT INTO contact comments, VALUES = $test WHERE contact_id = > 33"; It is supposed to be $sql = UPDATE contact comments = '$test' WHERE contact_id = '33' ""Gary"" <gwpaul@ptd.net> wrote in message news:49.E6.07323.599D80C4@pb1.pair.com... >I am trying to get an update command to work in PHP. I am able to update >records going directly to phpmyadmin command line. I have even let it >produce the php code to insert, but have not been able to get it to work. > > I have it stripped down to one command hoping to get it to work then > replicate entire forms for clients to use direct.I get no error codes, I > only get my message "It did not enter into DB"; > > Anyone see where I am going wrong? > > Gary > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> > <title>Untitled Document</title> > </head> > > <body> > <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" > method="post"> > test<input name="test" type="text" /> > <input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" /> > </form> > > <?php > > > $batchconnetion = mysql_connect(host, 'un', 'pw', > 'db')//sanatized for > board > or die('Error connecting with MySQL Database'); > > $test=$_POST['test']; > > //$sql="update contact set type = \'$test\' where item_id = > \'164\'"; > //this is the code created by phpmyadmin > > $sql = "INSERT INTO contact comments, VALUES = $test WHERE contact_id = > 33"; > > mysql_query($sql,$batchconnetion); > > $result = mysql_query($sql,$batchconnetion); > > if($result == true) { > echo "Successfully Inserted Records"; > } else { > echo "It did not enter into DB"; > } > > mysql_close($batchconnetion); > > ?> > > > </body> > </html> > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 5171 (20100604) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5171 (20100604) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com