You could use list() a la list($foo, $bar) = mysql_fetch_row(); On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 4:19 PM, PJ <af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jay Blanchard wrote: > > [snip] > > Is there an easier or simpler way to do this? > > [/snip] > > > > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-fetch-row.php > > > In what way would this simplify or ease my pain? > The difficulty, it seems to me, is not in retrieving the rows, but > rather how to pass the row data to the variables. And since the number > of rows is variable, I believe that the only way to assign the variables > is by use of a loop? I think I'm beating my head against the wall for > nothing... :-( > I know I'm a newbie (a very lazy and ignorant one, apparently) but I > don't quite understand. Or is there a gain in execution time or resource > usage? > > > -- > Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Jourdan --- pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.ptahhotep.com > http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >