--- Chris <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ryan A wrote: > > Hi, > > in phpmyadmin, in the SQL part where you can write > a > > query if I have a double update such as this: > > > > > > it works without a problem as I am ending each sql > > statement with a simicolon, but in my scripts when > I > > try to run multiple updates in a single line > > > > eg: > > $xyz="update xyz set id=1 where id=0;update xyz > set > > id=3 where id=2;"; > > > > > > it does not work... any idea why? -->Chris > try a newline between the queries then phpmyadmin > will see them as > separate queries and run them properly. @Chris, Tried that... no joy. -->João > Could any of these lines cousing an error? @João, nope, I broke them down to different statements , put them into an array and ran them in a for() loop and it works perfectly... problem is, sometimes I have to run upto 15 updates at a time, would be great if I can run that in one statement. --> Robert > RTFM :) -- mysql_query() Ok, read it, again.... what am I missing? I took out the semicolon from the end... then I get an error. I did find one user post saying that this runs just one query at a time...but if thats the case how is PHPMyAdmin running multiple statements that are seperated by a semicolon? Thanks! Ryan ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php