The trick is your using the wrong ' instead you need ` ...
go away from kl;->' and go to `->123 ;)
The key above the (Tab) key, or the key next to the number 1 above the q.
so ...
$query="SELECT * FROM bibleverses WHERE `used` = 0 ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT 1";
When I first learned this also I was fooled and used ' instead of `. But in some cases you don't need to use it also.
I hope this covers it! Sorry if someone else has responded before me. I might of been a bit slow! ;)
Jerry
>From: "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Webmaster" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>CC: "PHP DB" <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: UPDATE command
>Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:47:31 -0400
>
>This is kind of interesting ...
>
>$query="SELECT * FROM quiettimequotation WHERE used = 0 ORDER BY
RAND()
>LIMIT 1";
>
>works;
>
>$query="SELECT * FROM bibleverses WHERE 'used' = 0 ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT
>1";
>
>doesn't! Having the ' around used makes that select command fail ---
but
>the UPDATE command requires it!
>
>Thanks for those of you who responded to my question below. I am
creating
>a
>mailing list for my web site that I am wanting each entry which is
randomly
>selected from the database to only be used once and not be available
again
>until the entire list has been used. I needed the UPDATE command to
change
>the used column all back to 0 again once the last entry had been
selected
>from the database. I think I like programming mySQL stuff :) Ron
>
>---
>
> >Does the UPDATE command only change one row or each occurance if the
the
> >criteria repeat itself through the table?
>
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