Re: Checking for result of call to mssql_query()

Alf Stockton wrote: > Niel Archer wrote: > >> Hi Alf >> >> You'd be better off asking this type of question in the database list. >> I'm not familiar with MS-SQL, the syntax doesn't look much different to >> the MySQL flavour. >> >> When you say " whether the query works or not" do you mean the query is >> failing with an error, or it simply returns no data? I'd suggest you >> test for TRUE first to determine if the query suceeded, but returned no >> data. If that fails, test for FALSE. >> >> >> > The problem is that the code if ($Reply == FALSE) does what I expect > with mysql but not with mssql. > I will test the other way around and see what happens. > i.e. if (!$Reply) { > ........error message....... > } > > Nope I get the same result......:-( -- Regards, Alf Stockton www.stockton.co.za Your lover will never wish to leave you. My email disclaimer is available at www.stockton.co.za/disclaimer.html