Re: mysql_error() not really helping

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 13:01, Christian Dechery wrote: > I'm having a little trouble here developing and running queries. > > I spent some time developing in ASP, and whenever there was something > wrong with a query, the script halted, and the error message - from > ODBC, tye sql syntax error - was printed along with the line of code. > > In PHP that's not how it goes, it doesn't tell me when theres an error > with a mysql_query unless I place a call to mysql_error() after each > executed query right? > > That's exactly what I'm doing, but again, it doesn't do all I want, cuz > it doesn't tell me the line of code, and I don't know where is the > error, unless I start printing everything on error handling. There is a PHP constant __LINE__ which you may find useful. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA