On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:14 AM, PJ <af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Something is rotten here. Twist it any way you like and it just does not > work. > I am trying to figure out the working of SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() and > cannot get beyond the first $sql - But it works fine from command-line! > > <? > include ("lib/db1.php"); // Connect to database > > $sql1 = "INSERT INTO test (name, age) VALUES ('Joe Blow', '69')"; > $result1 = mysql_query($sql1,$db); > if ( !$result) { // notice the $result, should be $result1 echo("<P>Error performing query: " . > mysql_error() . "</P>"); > exit(); > } > Hope that helps Richard > > THIS IS WHERE IT STOPS WITH ERROR.$sql1 just refuses to work. db > connection is fine and the INSERT works from xterm on remote puter. > Can't figure this out. > ============ > > > $sql = "SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() FROM test"; > $result = mysql_query($sql,$db); > if (!$result) { > echo("<P>Error performing query: " . > mysql_error() . "</P>"); > exit(); > } > while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) { > echo("<P>" . $row["id"] . "</P>"); > } > ?> > > What am I missing here? Or how can I trace the error? > > -- > > Phil Jourdan --- pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.ptahhotep.com > http://www.chiccantine.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Richard Whitney phpMyDEV@xxxxxxxxx http://phpmydev.com 602-288-5340 310-943-6498 "You come up with ideas, I come up with solutions."