Why sprintf for query?
| From: | Karl J. Stubsjoen | Date: | Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:38:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Why sprintf for query? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Sprintf formats strings and numbers to a specific format (correct?) then why
is this
$q = SPRINTF("SELECT prodnum, childdesc FROM prodaval");
like that? Why SPRINTF in this case? We are calling a MySQL table, is it
specific to calling a MySQL table or is this required for all calls to a
DB... or (simply) could it be written like this
$q = "SELECT prodnum, childdesc FROM prodaval";
Thanks!