On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Shahmat Dahlan wrote:
> I'm trying to use mysql_result to extract data from one particular field
> in a record. So I suppose the most viable solution is to use
> mysql_result. But when I do this:
>
> $sqlstmt="SELECT * FROM dept WHERE shortname=$shortname";
> $result=mysql_query($sqlstmt);
> $temp=mysql_result($result,0,"shortname"); <-- This will give me an
> error
>
> Did I do anything wrong here?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Shahmat
The problem is that the query is wrong. Try
$sqlstmt="SELECT * FROM dept WHERE shortname=\"$shortname\"";
(you need to send quotes to mysql if the type of shortname in your
database is text or the like, that's why there's the \"$var\")
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