$last_entry = 'an extremely unlikely entry'; while (list($entry, $note) = mysql_fetch_row($entries)){ if ($entry != $last_entry){ echo $entry; $last_entry = $entry; } echo $note; } On Wed, April 25, 2007 1:35 pm, Thufir wrote: > There's a one-to-many relationship between px_items.id and > contacts.id, and I > want a printout of some data from each. > > I want to print out the query results px_items.id field once and once > only, but > the contacts.notes field many times, as there could be many entries. > > Right now it prints out each row, which is workable for now, but could > get > annoying. I'm trying for something like > > > entry one > note a > note b > note c > > entry two > note a > > entry three > notb a > note b > > > > Here's my schema and code: > > [root@localhost ~]# > [root@localhost ~]# cat /var/www/html/items_notes.php -n > 1 <html> > 2 <head><title>items and notes</title></head> > 3 <body> > 4 <?php > 5 $user="feeds"; > 6 $host="localhost"; > 7 $password="password"; > 8 $database = "feeds"; > 9 > 10 $connection = mysql_connect($host,$user,$password) > 11 or die ("couldn't connect to server"); > 12 $db = mysql_select_db($database,$connection) > 13 or die ("Couldn't select database"); > 14 > 15 > 16 $query = "SELECT * FROM contacts, px_items WHERE > contacts.id=px_items.id ORDER BY px_items.id DESC"; > 17 > 18 $result = mysql_query($query) > 19 or die ("Couldn't execute query."); > 20 > 21 while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) > 22 { > 23 extract ($row); > 24 > 25 echo "<big><big><b>"; > 26 echo $id; > 27 echo "</b></big></big>"; > 28 > 29 echo "<br>"; > 30 echo $title; > 31 > 32 echo "<br>"; > 33 echo $content; > 34 echo "<br>"; > 35 > 36 echo "<br>"; > 37 echo $timestamp; > 38 echo "<br>"; > 39 > 40 echo "<br>"; > 41 echo $notes; > 42 echo "<br>"; > 43 > 44 echo "<a href=\""; > 45 echo $link; > 46 echo "\">"; > 47 echo $link; > 48 echo "</a>"; > 49 > 50 echo "<br><br>"; > 51 > 52 }//while > 53 ?> > 54 </body> > 55 </html> > [root@localhost ~]# > [root@localhost ~]# > [root@localhost ~]# > [root@localhost ~]# mysql -u feeds -p > Enter password: > Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. > Your MySQL connection id is 25 to server version: 5.0.27 > > Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. > > mysql> use feeds; > Reading table information for completion of table and column names > You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A > > Database changed > mysql> show tables; > +-----------------+ > | Tables_in_feeds | > +-----------------+ > | contacts | > | px_feeds | > | px_items | > +-----------------+ > 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) > > mysql> describe contacts; > +-----------+-----------+------+-----+-------------------+-------+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > +-----------+-----------+------+-----+-------------------+-------+ > | id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | > | timestamp | timestamp | NO | | CURRENT_TIMESTAMP | | > | notes | longtext | YES | | NULL | | > +-----------+-----------+------+-----+-------------------+-------+ > 3 rows in set (0.07 sec) > > mysql> describe px_items; > +-----------+--------------+------+-----+-------------------+----------------+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra > | > +-----------+--------------+------+-----+-------------------+----------------+ > | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | > auto_increment | > | feed_id | int(11) | NO | MUL | 0 | > | > | timestamp | timestamp | NO | | CURRENT_TIMESTAMP | > | > | link | text | YES | | NULL | > | > | title | varchar(250) | YES | | NULL | > | > | content | text | YES | | NULL | > | > | dcdate | text | YES | | NULL | > | > | dccreator | text | YES | | NULL | > | > | dcsubject | text | YES | | NULL | > | > | read | tinyint(4) | YES | MUL | NULL | > | > +-----------+--------------+------+-----+-------------------+----------------+ > 10 rows in set (0.00 sec) > > mysql> quit > Bye > [root@localhost ~]# > [root@localhost ~]# date > Wed Apr 25 19:30:38 BST 2007 > [root@localhost ~]# > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php