That told me my problem. Thank you! I hadn't selected the database
in my connect include but had it in other scripts and not this one.
Long story but thanks for the help. I can stop banging my head now.
Jeff Oien
> on 5/9/01 12:29 PM, Jeff Oien at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Am I missing something?
>
> yes. you aren't giving yourself any feedback about what happened when the
> insert failed.
>
> instead of:
>
> $sql = "INSERT INTO $table_name (First_Name, Last_Name)
> VALUES (\"Jeff\", \"Oien\")";
> $result = mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die("Failed");
>
> try:
>
> $sql = "INSERT INTO $table_name (First_Name, Last_Name)
> VALUES (\"Jeff\", \"Oien\")";
> if(! $result = mysql_query($sql,$connection)) {
>
> print("ERROR ".mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br>\n$sql<br>\n");
>
> }
>
> also- i don't see your code for mysql_connect(). make sure you have a valid
> connection to mysql.
>
>
>
> have a great day
> andy
>
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