LIMIT 0,10 will return the first ten records of a result set. To make more sense, you should do an ORDER BY of some field to get the info sorted correctly. LIMIT takes 1 or two arguments If there is only one argument, say 10, it will return the first ten records. If there are two arguments, LIMIT 20,10 it will return 10 records starting at record 20. More info at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/SELECT.html Search for limit on that page. Gary Every Sr. UNIX Administrator Ingram Entertainment (615) 287-4876 "Pay It Forward" mailto:gary.every@ingramentertainment.com http://accessingram.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Boa Constructor [mailto:mickel@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:20 AM > To: php-db@lists.php.net; Gary.Every@ingramentertainment.com > Subject: Re: Splitting Product Catalogue Over Multiple Pages? > > > Gary, thanks for your reply, I think I'll need 2 have a think > about this. I > didn't totally understand: > > >You limit > > the query by "LIMIT > starting_point,number_of_records_to_return" at the end > > of the sql statement. > > I've never used LIMIT before, could you explain this a bit > more or point me > to some info? > > > Cheers, > > Graeme :) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Gary.Every@ingramentertainment.com> > To: <mickel@ntlworld.com>; <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 2:39 PM > Subject: RE: Splitting Product Catalogue Over Multiple Pages? > > > > If you're trying to do paging, it's quite simple (there are tons of > examples > > out there, search google for paging php) > > > > $sql = "select count(*) from table_name" > > > > $number_of_records = mysql_query($sql); > > $pointer=0; > > $recs_per_page=20; > > > > if($number_of_records > $recs_per_page) { > > // do a limit and keep the pointer > > $sql = "select * from other_table limit $pointer,$recs_per_page"; > > > > $pointer += $recs_per_page; > > > > > > This isn't complete by any means but the point should be > clear. You limit > > the query by "LIMIT > starting_point,number_of_records_to_return" at the end > > of the sql statement. > > > > Don't worry about the values in the column, just the amount > of records you > > want to return > > > > > > > > Gary Every > > Sr. UNIX Administrator > > Ingram Entertainment > > (615) 287-4876 > > "Pay It Forward" > > mailto:gary.every@ingramentertainment.com > > http://accessingram.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Boa Constructor [mailto:mickel@ntlworld.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:25 PM > > > To: php-db@lists.php.net > > > Subject: Splitting Product Catalogue Over Multiple Pages? > > > > > > > > > Greetings all, I'm not sure if this has been discussed > > > recently, I've read > > > bits and pieces and I can't remember where I read everything > > > so if it has > > > been brought up recently - sorry. > > > > > > If I do an SQL (MySQL) query on the first example to get the > > > min and max IDs > > > then I will get 1 and 6 respectively. I will then be able to > > > loop from 1 to > > > 6 and return all 6 products from the database. If however I > > > wanted to split > > > this in to two pages with 3 items in each page then using the > > > first example > > > below I could grab the min ID and add 2 to it to make 3. I > > > could not do > > > this using the second example because if I grab the min ID I > > > would get 3, if > > > I add 2 to it then I would get 5. 5 does not exit in this > > > table so that > > > wouldn't work. How in example 2 would I be able to split > > > this over two > > > pages? > > > > > > //example 1 > > > > > > ID Product_Name > > > 1 Hoover > > > 2 Kettle > > > 3 Fridge > > > 4 Cooker > > > 5 Food Mixer > > > 6 TV > > > > > > //example 2 > > > > > > ID Product_Name > > > 3 Fridge > > > 4 Cooker > > > 7 Microwave Oven > > > 8 Freezer > > > 9 DVD Player > > > 10 Computer > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Anything is much appreciated. > > > > > > Graeme :) > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > >
