PJ wrote: > Could somebody please explain to me what is wrong with this code? > In my script it works, returns the correct id, but when I try it in a > test pages, nothing in the world gets it to work. This is rather > frustrating, again: > THIS WORKS IN ANOTHER PAGE; IN THE TEST PAGE ID DOES NOT. > $sql = "SELECT id FROM publishers > WHERE publisher = 'whoever'"; > $result = mysql_query($sql,$db); > $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); > if (mysql_num_rows($result) !== 0) { > $pub = $row['id']; > Syntax is ok, echo "hello"; works. > > > This works in the test page: > $aid = array(); > $ord = array(); > $sql = "SELECT authID, ordinal > FROM book_author WHERE bookid = 624 ORDER BY ordinal ASC"; > $result = mysql_query($sql, $db); > //$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); > while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result) ) { > $aid[]=$row['authID']; > $ord[]=$row['ordinal']; > } > var_dump($aid); > echo "<br />"; > var_dump($ord); > echo $aid[0], " - "; > echo $ord[0]; > > This does not: > $fi="joe"; $la="joe"; > $sql = "SELECT id FROM author > WHERE first_name = '$fi' && last_name = '$la'"; > $result = msql_query($sql, $db); > $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); > $count=mysql_num_rows($result); > echo $count; > if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) { > $a_id=$row['id']; > } > echo $a_id, "<br /><br />"; > The test page prints out echo "some text"; but no results when the > results are there.... > Tell me I have missed something simple here, or is this normal for php ? > I have checked the queries on Mysql command line and they are fine. > I have verified the syntax and Netbeans tells me it is fine. > Same results Firefox3 (2 machines) & IE 8. > What is not fine? > > Damn, it's frustrating to find that there is a difference between msql and mysql... ouch, the foot hurts now! -- 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