On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Vinny Gullotta <vgullotta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > ""Dan Joseph"" <dmjoseph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:a20394490809171120o63691c31idc356aeae78681f3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Vinny Gullotta <vgullotta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >wrote: >> >> What I want to do is find the top 10 servers where the column steps = >>> iisreset. The following code works great except that the page is not >>> displaying the servername in the 'Server Name' column of my results >>> (nothing >>> appears, the column is just blank). >>> >>> servername and steps are the important columns in the database table. >>> $_POST[time1] and $_POST[time2] come from a form submitted. >>> >>> When I copy and paste the entire select statement into the SQL tab in >>> phpmyadmin (and replace the time variables with actual times >>> corresponding >>> to the timestamp column), it displays the correct results including >>> servername. Everything works in the php page's results except for the >>> servername. I feel like it's right in front of my face and that's why I >>> can't see it lol. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in >>> advance >>> =) >>> >>> My code... >>> >>> $query = "SELECT servername, COUNT(steps) FROM monitoring WHERE steps >>> LIKE >>> 'iisreset' AND timestamp <= '$_POST[time2]' AND timestamp >= >>> '$_POST[time1]' >>> GROUP BY servername ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC LIMIT 10"; >>> $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); >>> >>> # display column titles >>> echo "<center><table class='table'><tr>"; >>> echo "<td class='tableHeader'><center><small><b>Count</b></small></td>"; >>> echo "<td class='tableHeader'><center><small><b>Server >>> Name</b></small></td>"; >>> echo "</tr>"; >>> >>> #display results >>> while($i = mysql_fetch_row($result)) >>> { >>> echo "<tr><td><small><center>", $i[COUNT('steps')], >>> "</center></small></td>"; >>> echo "<td><small><center>", $i[servername] >>> ,"</center></small></td></tr>"; >>> } >>> echo "</table></center><br>"; >>> >>> -- >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >>> >>> Change that "COUNT(steps)" to "COUNT(steps) AS CountSteps", that might >> be >> the issue. Then you're using $i['CountSteps']. That seems a bit more >> normal looking to me atleast. >> >> Also, try echoing out your query on the screen to see that its formating >> properly in the PHP code. You may have something wrong in there, although >> I >> don't see any off hand. >> >> -- >> -Dan Joseph >> >> www.canishosting.com - Plans start @ $1.99/month. >> >> "Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. >> Light a man on fire, and will be warm for the rest of his life." >> >> > > Adding as CountSteps $i['CountSteps'] still leaves the column blank. > > echo $result; gives me an output of: > Resource id #3 > > and > > echo $query; > > just gives me an error. > > One thing I don't understand is why echo $result; gives me Resource id #3 > as an output. What does that mean? > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > That's basically your result set ID number inside PHP. as for $query, what error are you getting? Does this $query echo out: $query = "SELECT servername, COUNT(steps) AS CountSteps FROM monitoring WHERE steps LIKE 'iisreset' AND timestamp <= '" . $_POST['time2'] . "' AND timestamp >= '" . $_POST['time1'] . "' GROUP BY servername ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC LIMIT 10"; -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Plans start @ $1.99/month. "Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Light a man on fire, and will be warm for the rest of his life."