Re: Re: Multiple queries in PHP

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2009/1/25 Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 15:07 -0600, Shawn McKenzie wrote:
> > Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've run into a bit of a problem. I put together a query using mysql
> > > variables in the form set @m:= 0; with the select that uses it directly
> > > after. For any wondering, the select was using it as an incremental
> > > value which can't be hard coded, as the value will depend on the
> > > ordering of the results of the query itself.
> > >
> > > The problem seems to be that while phpMyAdmin would execute this double
> > > query perfectly well, php using mysql_query() was having problems, as
> > > apparently it can't actually run multiple queries.
> > >
> > > Now the full query looks something like this:
> > >
> > >
> > > mysql_query("SELECT @m:=0;");
> > >
> > > $query = "SELECT * FROM(
> > >             SELECT profiles.id, ROUND(AVG(rated.score)) AS `rating`,
> > > COUNT(rated.score) AS `total`, @m:=@m+1 AS rank FROM `rated` LEFT JOIN
> > > `profiles` ON (profiles.id = rated.profile_id) GROUP BY
> rated.profile_id
> > > ORDER BY rating DESC, total DESC) AS ranking WHERE ranking.id=$id";
> > > $result = mysql_query($query);
> > >
> > >
> > > which seems to be working OK so far, but does anyone know of any
> > > potential pitfalls I might face when doing something like this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > > Ash
> > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> > >
> >
> > Might try the mysqli extension.  mysqli_multi_query()
> >
> > --
> > Thanks!
> > -Shawn
> > http://www.spidean.com
> >
> Unfortunately, I think the server this is going on to doesn't have that
> extension :(
>
>
> Ash
> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>

This extension does not have to be installed. If your server is running
php5, then this extension is installed

-eddy

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