I'm sorry, but that is the most confusing question I've heard in some time. The operating system has nothing to do with your ability to update the DB. That is a user permissions issue. If you're referring to PHP as Linux, I can see where the confusion came from. I'd like to help you. So I can attempt to do that, let's see the ASP code you're trying to convert to PHP. Edward Dudlik Becoming Digital www.becomingdigital.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve B." <stylinsty@yahoo.com> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, 09 June, 2003 22:14 Subject: Re: how to update field without using UPDATE query? you are kidding? Hi in asp it lets me say ~get a record into dbrec which is a database object. dbrec['field1'] = 'wow' dbrec.update; is there no way to do this in linux? thats lame if it is then that means my 25 web sites have to be re-written to work on Linux. --- Becoming Digital <subs@becomingdigital.com> wrote: > I assume you lack update permissions, which means you probably don't have the > other permissions necessary to change data. Assuming you actually do, you could > use REPLACE or DELETE followed by INSERT. > > Edward Dudlik > Becoming Digital > www.becomingdigital.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve B." <stylinsty@yahoo.com> > To: <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, 09 June, 2003 19:29 > Subject: how to update field without using UPDATE query? > > > how to update field without using UPDATE query? > > I open the db at a certain ID then set > $dbrec['field'] = new value > How do you update the db? > Thanks > -steve > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- 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
