Im going to play devils advocate here and say, why is it the one who's helping that needs to be polite and respectful? Isn't it also the newbies responsibility to respect and be polite to those taking time out of their day to help them and not be so stubborn as to not take the advice given which has been the example given here by Ethan? Ethan has been given great advice and should be taking that advice and looking things up and learning, not asking "Newbie confused, please explain?". It seems to me that the "Help" is being taken advantage of here and used as a crutch to get the work done that Ethan has taken upon himself even thought he knows he knows very little about programming in PHP. And that is PHP not PhD. But all that aside as you can see, the same people who Ethan has somewhat ignored their advice are still going against their better judgement to go out of their way to help.. again. Just how much help should be given before you realize the horse is just not drinking the water? I am all for Ethan getting help from the list and I don't want to chastise, but come on, someone with a PhD should know better and should know even better then most on how to listen and learn. Hence the PhD. You don't get one of those by doing what Ethan is doing. If he did that to his professors, he would have failed. Just saying. Best, Karl On Jun 25, 2013, at 1:32 AM, OJFR wrote: > Yeah, Jim, please explain what u mean by "Per the manual, associative arrays > using string indices should always use ' ' around them. They work (as > mentioned in the manual) but are wrong". As long as I remember I could use > associative arrays in that way (ex. $_SESSION['Cust_Num']). There's another > way to do that using string indices? Why do you say it's wrong? It's > obsolete? > > I would like to make a call to all the members of this mailing list: > knowledge is a wonderful gift so, why we don't share it politely and > efficiency. Jim, I will take you as an example. You start saying " Against > my better judgement, here I go again". If it's against your better judgment > please don't go anywhere, your conscience is a good adviser. After that you > talked a little about standards and some manual. If you are not happy to > help people who make some mistakes regarding to programming standards, you > should inform them where they can find the glorious manual and what is the > correct syntax to do what people need to do. This is a better way to show to > others what you know in a humble way but I suppose that wasn't what you were > trying to do. I consider this list is to HELP others and share what we know. > "Never break the silence if it's not to make it better". > > Ethan, I will check your problem and I'll write you back as soon as I can > 'cause right now I don't have anything installed in my computer. I'll try to > do it tomorrow, ok? Be nice and stay well!!! > > Osain. > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Ethan Rosenberg, PhD [mailto:erosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Enviado el: domingo, junio 23, 2013 4:38 PM > Para: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jim Giner > Asunto: Re: Problem with query > > 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. > > TIA > > Ethan > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > > Este mensaje le ha llegado mediante el servicio de correo electronico que ofrece Infomed para respaldar el cumplimiento de las misiones del Sistema Nacional de Salud. 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