Re: Please help newbie php / mysql

let's say! you submit a field name called mode with value of "create". // createtbl.php <?

$dbhost     = "localhost";
$dbuser     = "id";

$dbpasswd = "pass";

$dbname     = "db";

if (strtolower($_POST["mode"]) == "create") { $result = mysql_query ("

    create table tbl1
    (
     no int unsigned default '0' not null auto_increment,
     name varchar(50) not null,
     primary key (no)
    )

"); if (!$result) {

    echo mysql_errno() . ":";
    echo mysql_error() . "<br>";

} else {

    echo("A table is successfully created!");

} } else { echo "Query error!"; } ?> Jonathon Penberthy wrote:

Hi, I'm currently learning php and mysql, i have installed the latest version of Apache (2.0.45) and the PHP (4.3.1) and mysql, on windows XP pro. I am able to display the status of the MySQL database using a php script that displays the results in a browser. But I can't submit a query to the database to create a new table, I am able to create the table using the SQL dialog in the MySQL manager. So I know that there is not a problem with the syntax of my SQL, I'm using the same connection as used for the status display script and I know the query I type into the form is being parsed as I display it as soon as the script starts. Please help me if you can I'm getting very frustrated by at being stuck at the first hurdle. Jonathon.