Say...
You can us it after you do your insert...then ....do something like.....
echo ("<B>Your new Order Number is") . mysql_insert_id . (" Please
write this down</B>\n");
Your whatever you want.....
Dan
> ----------
> From: Kenn Murrah
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:29 PM
> To: Brunner, Daniel
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] determining the value of an
> auto-incremented field (mysql)
>
> thanks, Dan ... i'll RTFM now to figure out exactly how to use it ...
>
> and thanks again for your prompt response ...
>
> Kenn
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brunner, Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Kenn Murrah'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:25 PM
> Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] determining the value of an auto-incremented
> field
> (mysql)
>
>
> | Hello!!
> |
> |
> |
> | mysql_insert_id()
> |
> |
> | Dan
> |
> |
> |
> | > ----------
> | > From: Kenn Murrah
> | > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:17 PM
> | > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> | > Subject: [PHP-DB] determining the value of an auto-incremented
> | > field (mysql)
> | >
> | > Greetings:
> | >
> | > A no doubt elementary question, but ....
> | >
> | > using PHP and MySQL, I'm inserting a record into a table, with a
> | > field,
> | > order_number, being auto incremented ... something like:
> | >
> | >
> | > $sql = "INSERT INTO orders set products_ordered='$products',
> | > ordered_by='$username', company='$company',
> address_1='$address_1',
> | > address_2='$address_2', city='$city', state='$state', zip='$zip',
> | > attn='$attn', special_instructions='$special_instructions',
> | > shipping_instructions='$shipping_instructions', status='$status',
> | > rush='$rush', date_ordered='$current_time' ,
> month_due='$month_due',
> | > day_due='$day_due'
> | > " ;
> | >
> | > $result = mysql_query($sql) or die("ERROR -- try again");
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > Having done so, how can I immediately determine the value of
> | > order_number
> | > for this entry, i.e. the auto-incremented value assigned by MySQL?
> | >
> | > Thanks in advance for the help.
> | >
> | > Kenn Murrah
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | >
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