RE: Error?

From: Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 14:52:28 +0000
Subject: RE: Error?
Groups: php.general 
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Hi, I have changed the $dbname to mydb but it is still not right and gave me the same error message "Unknown database 'Resource id #1'", why? Please help, thanks! Calvin -----Original Message----- From: Craig Vincent [mailto:webmaster@jazzmonkey.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 10:17 AM To: chua@mail.interclean.com; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: Error? > But I have an error for "Unknown database 'Resource id #1'". <snip> $username="php"; $password="good"; $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "$username", "$password"); mysql_select_db("$dbname", $db) or die (mysql_error()); $result = mysql_db_query($db, "INSERT INTO user_profile(id,name,password,address_line1,address_line2,city,state,country ) VALUES('','$name','$password','$address_line1','$address_line2','$city','$st ate','$country')"); </snip> My first reaction would be the fact...that if you posted your ENTIRE code...you never specified a value for $dbname ....which means you're trying to change to a NULL database which would be the cause of that error :) Try giving $dbname a value or if you're only going to be using one database for this, take out $dbname and replace it with the name of the database containing the user_profile table. Sincerely, Craig Vincent ------------------------- Senior Programmer Jazzmonkey Media Inc. http://www.jazzmonkey.com -------------------------

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