Re: Error codes from 'mysql_error()'

In article <3AA812D9.988FC161@oit.edu>, gearond@OIT.EDU (Dennis Gearon) wrote: > I do an insert using phpadmin, and i get back the error message (or > maybe it's a warning?) The insert is of a duplicate on a unique field. I > expected an error, but when I do mysql_error() or mysql_errno(), nothing > comes back(and I do it the next line in the script). the > 'mysql_query($sql, $link)' function DOES insert when the value is > unique, DOES return false, but I'd like to inform the user what the > error was. PHP Admin can get the 'error' why can't I? Where are the calls placed? mysql_error() or mysql_errno() can only be used after a valid mysql connection has been established, so for instance this will not return an error message from mysql: mysql_connect(stuff) or die(mysql_error()); -- CC