sorie it was my typo error. actually in my code there is already {} with my first if statement and there is also a space after VALUES... I still need some help here with my code...how can I prevent it from inserting a duplicate row of null values>??? Anyone can help ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Irin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I'm not very good at reading other people code, but : there is no { } with your first if statement there is no space after VALUES Sorry I don't have time to test what I'm writing. hope it helps Chris >Hi all: > >I was having some problem with INSERT query here and do hope to get some help >real soon. > >I have a form whereby once the form is submitted, the values entered shall be >inserted into the database. Next I have also written a SELECT query >to view the >records which have just been inserted into the database. > >Data was able to insert into the database and I was also able to >retrieve these >data from database. However, my problem is, whenever a form was being >submitted, it actually INSERT another row of null values into the >database. And >so, when I clicked to view my data, i can see the previously >inserted values as >well as an empty row of records. > >Why is this so? How can I prevent the row of null value to be inserted? > >I have included a snip of my code below and hope to get some help real soon. >All help are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > ><snip> > >$dsn = "mysql://root:password@localhost/databaseName"; > >$db = DB::connect ($dsn); > if (DB::isError ($db)) > die ($db->getMessage()); > >$tutor_name = $_POST["tutor_name"]; >$tutor_contact = $_POST["tutor_contact"]; >$tutor_email = $_POST["tutor_email"]; >$tutor_profile = $_POST["tutor_profile"]; > >$sql ="INSERT INTO tutor (tutor_name, tutor_contact, tutor_email, >tutor_profile) > >VALUES('$tutor_name','$tutor_contact','$tutor_email','$tutor_profile')"; > > >$result = $db->query($sql); > >if( DB::isError($result) ) { > die ($result->getMessage()); >} > >?> > ></snip> > >Is there anything wrong with my SELECT query ?? > >Thanks in advance. > >Regards, >Irin -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php