Hello Gary, Actually, what I do here is the following: I create a subdomain called beta.mysite.com (for me it's http://beta.oire.org/ and http://beta.gviragon.org/ :-)). There I have a copy of my database and all of my files. The only difference is the mysql_select_db in the connect.php file. There I can easily test everything I need (including PHP files and MySql queries) without any danger to crash the main release). -- With best regards from Ukraine, Andre Skype: Francophile Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_elensule Facebook: http://facebook.com/menelion ----- Original message ----- From: Gary <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 3:35:12 PM Subject: mysql help (sorry, a bit OT) Is there a way to check the syntax of a query, short of running it? I've got an insert to do (but of course it's a valid question for any query that changes the db contents) and would like to know that the sql I am generating (in php - see! not so off-topic!) is correct. What I don't want to do is run it for testing (live system *sigh*) and find out it is correct (it will change the db), but... I have to test it to check that the syntax (at least) *is* correct. -- 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
