Thanks Richard - good ideas I will try. On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Richard < replies-lists-e7x6-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Date: Friday, March 18, 2016 08:10:22 -0700 > > From: dealtek@xxxxxxxxx > > > > Hi all, > > > > I was working on a very simple php page to insert a new record into > > a mysql 'contacts' table. For testing, when I would refresh the > > page it would insert the new record. > > > > This worked fine - MOST of the time. Then, oddly randomly it would > > stop inserting records. I would click refresh several times and no > > new records got created. Then I might quit the browser or wait a > > while etc. then reload and it would work again for a while then > > stop again... > > > > one clue is the table looked like this with missing serial ID's: > > > > Rec 1 - fields... > > Rec 2 - fields... > > Rec 3 - fields... > > Rec 7 - fields... > > Rec 8 - fields... > > Rec 12 - fields... > > Rec 13 - fields... > > Rec 14 - fields... > > > > so it seems the page went to mysql and tried to insert a record but > > failed for some reason. Since it was static test data - it was all > > the same so it seems that can be ruled out. > > > > Also this is a very fast server with local mysql - so that should > > not be an issue. > > > > > > Any idea why it might be randomly failing to insert records? > > > > > > Without any real details it's basically impossible to even guess what > the issue might be. > > You should print/echo your insert statement so that you can see what > you're passing to the db. You should also turn your php error > reporting all the way up so you get notification of warnings and > errors. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Thanks - Dave [db-16]