Thanks to both responses. In fact, it decided to work once I put 0 in the cell that 1 was to be added to! It seems it got it started.. 1+NULL=? -----Original Message----- From: Matt Schroebel [mailto:MSchroebel@hsus.org] Sent: 13 August 2003 15:48 To: Dillon, John; php-db@lists.php.net Subject: RE: adding integer to field in query Dillon, John <mailto:JDillon@cantor.co.uk> wrote on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:24 AM: > How do you add a number to a field within the query, ie > without having to > extract? Eg > > $query="UPDATE Choice SET visits=(visits+1) WHERE ID='$thisID'"; > > is the above "visits=(visits+1)" legal, cos it doesn't work > at the moment? > It's executing right? Echo out your query statement and see what you're asking for. ???????????????????????????????????????????http://www.cantor.com CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail, including its contents and attachments, if any, are confidential. If you are not the named recipient please notify the sender and immediately delete it. You may not disseminate, distribute, or forward this e-mail message or disclose its contents to anybody else. Copyright and any other intellectual property rights in its contents are the sole property of Cantor Fitzgerald. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Although we routinely screen for viruses, addressees should check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. We make no representation or warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our customers and business, we may monitor and read e-mails sent to and from our server(s). For further important information, please read the Important Legal Information and Legal Statement at http://www.cantor.com/legal_information.html -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php