- Can't chain sql together with semi-colon

From: Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 02:33:22 +0000
Subject: - Can't chain sql together with semi-colon
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How come I can do this: $sql = " UPDATE some update sql here"; $result = $this->db->query($sql); $sql = " UPDATE some more update sql here"; $result = $this->db->query($sql); but if I try to do this: $sql = " UPDATE some update sql here; UPDATE some more update sql here "; $result = $this->db->query($sql); I get a syntax error? I've been trying to chain together sql statements using a semi-colon but mysql always seems to give an error. What's going on? Thanks. Matt Friedman

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