Edward, Have you considered trying mysql_result()? It appears that your query is going to always return a single piece of data: Total. So you essentially have an array with only a single element. If you did this: $total = mysql_result($result,0); You'll get the value of the item at index 0 (the first position in an array) of the $result array stored in the $total variable. Details are here: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-result.php The page also makes reference to other "high-performance" options, but since you're only grabbing a single item and if you use the index number instead of the column name as the documentation recommends, the performance should be just fine. Hope this helps. Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: Becoming Digital [mailto:subs@becomingdigital.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 12:50 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: Count database-values > > > Unfortunately, I can't, despite my best efforts, get the data > to display unless > it's put inside a loop. If anyone can tell me how to, I'd > just for joy. > > Edward Dudlik > Becoming Digital > www.becomingdigital.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ford, Mike [LSS]" <M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk> > To: "'Becoming Digital'" <subs@becomingdigital.com>; > <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Tuesday, 10 June, 2003 11:54 > Subject: RE: Count database-values > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Becoming Digital [mailto:subs@becomingdigital.com] > > Sent: 10 June 2003 12:15 > > > > I screwed up my own code. Silly me. It should read: > > Surely your first attempt is the right one? There's only > ever going to be 1 > Total, so why waste a while loop trying to read more than one > result row? > > > $query = "SELECT SUM(bedrag) AS Total FROM finance WHERE > > posneg = 'af'"; > > $result = mysql_query( $query ); > > while ( $total = mysql_fetch_array( $result ) ) > > { > > $total = $total['Total']; > > } > > > > Edward Dudlik > > Becoming Digital > > www.becomingdigital.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Becoming Digital" <subs@becomingdigital.com> > > To: <php-db@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Tuesday, 10 June, 2003 06:43 > > Subject: Re: Count database-values > > > > > > > So far no problems, but I want to count all these values. > > > I tried with SUM but with the following code it doesn't work: > > > > > > $squery = "SELECT SUM(bedrag) AS Total FROM finance WHERE > > posneg = 'af'"; > > > > > > any suggestions how to do? I want to store it in a > > variabele ($total) > > > so I can echo it. (E.g.: $total = 93.63 in this case) > > > > If you want the total, you need to do something like the following: > > > > $query = "SELECT SUM(bedrag) AS Total FROM finance WHERE > > posneg = 'af'"; > > $result = mysql_query( $query ); > > $total = mysql_fetch_array( $result ); > > $total = $total['Total']; > > > > Cheers! > > Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 > > -- > 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 > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
