This subject came up tangentially in the -hackers list. You should look at using the following functions: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pg-result-error.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pg-result-status.php supported since 4.2.0 came out a little over two years ago. Very nice way to catch and handle errors. On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 19:45, Elijah O. Alcantara wrote: > I tried using error_log() but never got any emails... > > error_log("This is query2 inserting $ctrl_no $category $contact_no > $organization_name $address $telephone $fax $email", 1, > "elijah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"); > > looks like it never went in the for loop, somethings wrong... > > Thanks for the advice, > Elijah > > On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 03:08, brew@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Elijah..... > > > > > There are no errors whatsoever, must be something wrong with the logic > > > somewhere... > > > > What I do when I can't find errors is break down the code into > > smaller steps and add error checking. > > > > Make the connection and check the return value. > > > > Put together the sql statement and print it. > > > > Query the database and check the return value. > > > > and so forth..... > > > > Check php.net to see some examples of error checking. > > > > On another note, if I'm only working with only one db I just connect once > > near the start of the script and then use that connection for the > > subsequent calls. > > > > brew > > > > ========================================================================== > > Strange Brew (brew@xxxxxxxxxxx) > > Check out my Musician's Online Database Exchange (The MODE Pages) > > http://www.TheMode.com > > ========================================================================== > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your > > joining column's datatypes do not match > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html >