on 28/8/03 5:00 pm, CPT John W. Holmes at holmes072000@charter.net wrote: >> Thanks for this - I ended up rehashing my query to this: >> >> <? >> $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM dates WHERE bookcode = '$bookcode' >> ORDER BY date1",$db); >> >> >> // loop to populate array >> >> $myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result); >> >> $i = 1; >> while ($i <= '30') { >> >> if ($myrow['date'.$i] > '0000-00-00') > > You're making PHP do some extra work here. You're testing to see if one > string is greater than another... how can strings be greater than or less > than? Why don't you just check for $myrow['date'.$i] != '0000-00-00' ?? Thanks. I'll make your change. Ta. -- Mike Karthauser Managing Director - Brightstorm Ltd Email >> mikek@brightstorm.co.uk Web >> http://www.brightstorm.co.uk Tel >> 0117 9426653 (office) 07939 252144 (mobile) Snailmail >> Unit 8, 14 King Square, Bristol BS2 8JJ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php