correction the value should be 14 not 20, my mistake...... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delz" <phpuser@modeglobal.com> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:48 PM Subject: mysql variable displayed in php > Hi All, > > Supposed I have a mysql table that looks like this : > > +----------+----------+--------+ > |Computer | Printers | total | > +---------+-----------+--------+ > | 3 | 4 | 7 | > +---------+-----------+--------+ > | 3 | 4 | 7 | > +---------+-----------+--------+ > > & have an mysql statement like this to compute the total entries in the > total column : > > mysql> select @overalltotal :SUM(total) from mytable; > > +-------------------------------------+ > | @overalltotal := SUM(total) | > +-------------------------------------+ > | 14 | > +-------------------------------------+ > > How do I make the value 20 appear on a php script? Hope somebody can give me > an idea. > > Thanks. > > Delz > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php