On 23 June 2013 21:37, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD <erosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > On 6/23/2013 2:31 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > >> Dear List - >> >> There is an error in my query, and I cannot find it. >> >> This fails: >> >> $_SESSION['Cust_Num'] = $_REQUEST['cnum']; >> $_SESSION['CustNum'] = $_REQUEST['cnum']; >> >> echo "session<br />"; //this has the proper values >> print_r($_SESSION); >> >> $sql10 = "select Balance, Payments, Charges, Date from Charges where >> Cust_Num = $_SESSION[Cust_Num] order by Date"; >> echo $sql10; //echos the correct query >> $result10 = mysqli_query($cxn, $sql10); >> var_dump($result1); // this returns NULL >> > > Against my better judgement, here I go again. > > Is this the "actual" code you executed, or is it once again a typeover? > > Your 1st error is in these two lines: > >> $result10 = mysqli_query($cxn, $sql10); >> >> var_dump($result1); // this returns NULL >> > > Yes your dump returns null. And always will. > > > Any further errors might be related to your non-standard syntax for the > session variable. Per the manual, associative arrays using string indices > should always use ' ' around them. They work (as mentioned in the manual) > but are wrong. > ======= > Jim - > > > > Is this the "actual" code you executed, or is it once again a typeover? > > The actual code > > > Any further errors might be related to your non-standard syntax for the > session variable. Per the manual, associative arrays using string indices > should always use ' ' around them. They work (as mentioned in the manual) > but are wrong. > > Newbie is confused. > > Please explain. Try ... $sql10 = "select Balance, Payments, Charges, Date from Charges where Cust_Num = {$_SESSION['Cust_Num']} order by Date"; -- Richard Quadling Twitter : @RQuadling EE : http://e-e.com/M_248814.html Zend : http://bit.ly/9O8vFY