Alright, getting somewhere. Try this: $sesdb = new PDO('sqlite:wtc.sqlite3'); if ($sesdb->exec("UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY=0 WHERE ZPRODUCTID='bli-343'") === false) { echo $sesdb->errorInfo(); } Don't forget the quotes around the product id (it's a string so you need them after all) On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Amy Gibbs <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It still doesn't run the update, but the var_dump displays > bool(false) bool(false) > $sesdb = new PDO('sqlite:wtc.sqlite3'); > $sql = "UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY=0 WHERE ZPRODUCTID=bli-343"; > var_dump($sesdb->exec("UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY=0 WHERE > ZPRODUCTID=bli-343")); > $sesdb->exec($sql); > var_dump($sesdb->exec("UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY=0 WHERE > ZPRODUCTID=bli-343")); > $query="SELECT ZNAME, ZQUANTITY, ZPRODUCTID FROM ZITEM WHERE ZCategory != > 14"; > > > On 20 Aug 2008, at 11:45, Evert Lammerts wrote: > > What happens if you try the UPDATE before a SELECT? > > $sesdb = new PDO('sqlite:file.sqlite3'); > var_dump($sesdb->exec("UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY=0 WHERE ZPRODUCTID=1")); > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Evert Lammerts > <evert.lammerts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sorry, I'm out of options. Hopefully somebody on the list has a little > > more experience with PDO. > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Amy Gibbs <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > It's still not working :( > > $query="SELECT ZNAME, ZQUANTITY, ZPRODUCTID FROM ZITEM WHERE ZCategory != > > 14"; > > $statement= $sesdb->query($query); > > $result=$statement->fetchAll(); > > $statement=null; > > foreach ($result as $product) { > > $prodname=$product[0]; > > $prodqty = $product[1]; > > $prodid=$product[2]; > > $sql = "UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY=0 WHERE ZPRODUCTID={$prodid}"; > > $sesdb->exec($sql); > > On 20 Aug 2008, at 11:10, Evert Lammerts wrote: > > A little time on google told me that if you want to do a write after a > > read (or the other way around) you need to free up the query resource > > - apparently they hold read / write locks. > > so, free up $statement before doing a write: > > $sesdb = new PDO('sqlite:file.sqlite3'); > > $query="SELECT ZNAME, ZQUANTITY, ZPRODUCTID FROM ZITEM WHERE ZCategory != > > 14"; > > $statement= $sesdb->query($query); > > $result=$statement->fetchAll(); > > $statement=null; > > foreach ($result as $product) { > > $prodname=$product[0]; > > $prodqty = $product[1]; > > $prodid=$product[2]; > > > $sql = "UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY='0' WHERE ZPRODUCTID='{$prodid}'"; > > $sesdb->exec($sql); > > } > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Amy Gibbs <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > No errors reported, but it's not updating the db, > > error_reporting(E_ALL); > > $sesdb = new PDO('sqlite:file.sqlite3'); > > $query="SELECT ZNAME, ZQUANTITY, ZPRODUCTID FROM ZITEM WHERE ZCategory != > > 14"; > > $statement= $sesdb->query($query); > > $result=$statement->fetchAll(); > > foreach ($result as $product) { > > $prodname=$product[0]; > > $prodqty = $product[1]; > > $prodid=$product[2]; > > > $sql = "UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY='0' WHERE ZPRODUCTID={$prodid}"; > > $sesdb->exec($sql); > > } > > On 20 Aug 2008, at 10:11, Evert Lammerts wrote: > > can you put > > error_reporting(E_ALL); > > somewhere above the query and check if there's some output? > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Amy Gibbs <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > still not working, > > > $sesdb = new PDO('sqlite:file.sqlite3'); > > $query="SELECT ZNAME, ZQUANTITY, ZPRODUCTID FROM ZITEM WHERE ZCategory != > > 14"; > > $statement= $sesdb->query($query); > > $result=$statement->fetchAll(); > > foreach ($result as $product) { > > $prodname=$product[0]; > > $prodqty = $product[1]; > > $prodid=$product[2]; > > $sql = "UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY='0' WHERE ZPRODUCTID={$prodid}"; > > $sesdb->exec($sql); > > } > > On 20 Aug 2008, at 09:59, Evert Lammerts wrote: > > $sql = "UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY='0' WHERE ZPRODUCTID='".$prodid."'"; > > Try to unquote $prodid: > > $sql = "UPDATE ZITEM SET ZQUANTITY='0' WHERE ZPRODUCTID={$prodid}"; > > Evert > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php