Re: Select then update

You need to put {} in the while function like this while.... { do this } $query = "SELECT name FROM users"; $ret = mysql_query($query); while(list($name) = mysql_fetch_row($ret)) or die("Error: ".mysql_error()) { print ("your name is $name); $query_update["name"] = ("UPDATE my_other_table set name = $name"); $result = mysql_query($query_update["name"]); or die("Error: ".mysql_error()); }; 23/03/2002 20:58:14, "Jen Downey" <jendowney@attbi.com> wrote: >Hi all! > >Just wondering, If I have a query like: > >$query = "SELECT name FROM users"; >$ret = mysql_query($query); >while(list($name) = mysql_fetch_row($ret)) or die("Error: ".mysql_error()); >print ("your name is $name); > >$query_update ["name"] = ("UPDATE my_other_table set name = $name"); >$result = mysql_query($query_update["name"]); >or die("Error: ".mysql_error()); > >Why wont this work? > >I am trying to select the user name from the user table and then update >another table with that user name. But it doesn't seem to want to update the >other table > >I get no errors when running the script. > >Thanks in advance >Jennifer Downey > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -------- End of forwarded message --------