I think he meant that he is using 'Number' instead of 'Part_Number' when accessing the array and not in the SQL, his SQL was correct, this was wrong: > echo $row['Number']; E_STRICT catches that kind of error. Jonathan On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Tim Legg <kc0ofc@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:11:46 AM >> Subject: Stricter Error Checking? >> >> Hello, >> >> I just spent way, way to much time trying to debug code due to a misnamed >> element. Here is a simplified example of the problem I dealt with. >> >> >> $test = "SELECT * FROM `Materials` WHERE `Part_Number` = '125664'"; >> $result = mysql_query($test,$handle); >> if(!$result) >> { >> die('Error: ' . mysql_error()); >> } >> $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); >> echo $row['Number']; >> >> After retyping the code 3 or 4 times over the course of the morning, I finally >> found where the problem was. The problem is that the database field is called >> 'Part_Number', not 'Number'. The field 'Number' does not exist in the >> database. I am very surprised that I didn't even get a warning that there might >> be a problem with the statement. All I saw is that nothing was being returned >> via the echo command. > > if(!$result) > { > die('Error: ' . mysql_error()); > } > > This didn't work when you used 'Number' instead of 'Part_Number'? Strange... > >> >> There really must be a stricter error checking that is turned on somewhere, >> isn't there? >> >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php