I have made the changes you suggested which if you ask me have been the most informative answers I have recieved thus far. I did run into a slight snag on line 21 which is this on my confirmation page "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"id[]\" VALUE=\"$id[]\">" and the parse error is as follows... Parse error: parse error, expecting `STRING' or `NUM_STRING' or `'$'' in /php/rem_conf_t.php3 on line 21 Wouldn't I need to adjust the value=\"$id[]\" to something like value=\".$id[].\" because we passed an array not a string? Not sure. Thanks again. You are sincerely helping me understand this whole php bit. =) Jas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Ok, you have almost got it. I have made little remarks further down in your > code which should just about do it for you. > > > jas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > I don't know what it is but I am having a hell of a time trying to get some > > results of a query setup into an array or variable (too much of a newbie to > > know which) that can be passed to a confirmation page before deleting the > > record from a table. I have given up working on this but for those of you > > that want to finish it here is the code and the table structure... > > > > [Table Structure] > > id int(30) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL auto_increment, > > car_type varchar(30), > > car_model varchar(30), > > car_year varchar(15), > > car_price varchar(15), > > car_vin varchar(25), > > dlr_num varchar(25), > > PRIMARY KEY (id) > > > > [Page 1 - Queries DB table for records] > > <?php > > require '../path/to/db.php'; > > $result = @mysql_query("SELECT * FROM cur_inv",$dbh) or die("Could not > > execute query, please try again later"); > > echo "<table border=\"0\" class=\"table-body\" width=\"100%\"><form > > name=\"rem_inv\" method=\"post\" action=\"rem_conf.php3\"> > > <tr><td align=\"center\" colspan=\"3\"><font size=\"4\"><B>Current > > Inventory</B></font><hr color=\"333333\"></td></tr>"; > > $count = -1; > > $count should start at 0 and then increment at the bottom of the while loop > > > while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > > $id = $row["id"]; > > $row should be $myrow since that is what it is called above (or change $myrow > above to $row) > > > > $car_type = $row["car_type"]; > > $car_model = $row["car_model"]; > > $car_year = $row["car_year"]; > > $car_price = $row["car_price"]; > > $car_vin = $row["car_vin"]; > > $count ++; > > $count ++; should be moved to the bottom of the loop just before it is closed > > > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Type Of Car: </B></td><td>"; > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_type")); > > mysql_result is not needed here, you have defined the variable $car_type to > be this here as well as the rows below, so replace mysql_result($result, > $count, "car_type") with just $car_type > > > echo "</td><td><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"id[]\" > > value=\"".$myrow[id]."\">remove</td></tr>\n"; > > replace $myrow[id] with $id since it is already defined above > when id[] is passed to page 2, it will contain an array of the id numbers > that got checked > > > > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Model Of Car: </B></td><td>"; > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_model")); > > same as above, replace mysql_result($result,$count,"car_model") with > $car_model > > > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Year Of Car: </B></td><td>"; > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_year")); > > same as above replace with $car_year > > > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>Price Of Car: </B></td><td>$"; > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_price")); > > same as above replace with $care_price > > > echo "</td></tr>\n"; > > echo "<tr><td width=\"30%\"><B>VIN Of Car: </B></td><td>"; > > printf(mysql_result($result,$count,"car_vin")); > > same as above replace with $car_vin > > > echo "</td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><hr color=\"333333\"></td></tr>\n"; > > $count ++; should go here > > > } > > echo "<tr><td><input type=\"submit\" name=\"delete\" > > value=\"delete\"></td></tr></form></table>"; > > ?> > > > > [Page 2 - Takes records and confirms which ones to be deleted] > > <?php > > print(" > > <table border=\"0\" class=\"table-body\" width=\"100%\"> > > <form name=\"rem_inv\" method=\"post\" action=\"done2.php3\"> > > send id[] array passed from previous page to the next page: > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"id[]\" VALUE=\"$id[]\"> > > If you are planning on deleting multiple items at a time, you won't need the > following hidden elements at all, just make a database call at this point > using the id[] array passed to this page from the first page. The only value > it needs for the 3rd page is the id value since that is what it uses to > determine what to delete. > > Here is an example of the database call to make: > > $i=0; > while ($id[$i]) { > $result = @mysql_query("SELECT * FROM cur_inv where id=$id[$i]",$dbh) or die > ("Could not execute query, please try again later"); > $row=mysql_fetch_array($result); > $car_type=$row['car_type']; > $car_model=$row['car_model']; > $car_year=$row['car_year']; > $car_price=$row['car_price']; > $car_vin=$row['car_vin']; > > > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"id\" VALUE=\"$id\"> > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"car_type\" VALUE=\"$car_type\"> > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"car_model\" VALUE=\"$car_model\"> > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"car_year\" VALUE=\"$car_year\"> > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"car_price\" VALUE=\"$car_price\"> > > <INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"car_vin\" VALUE=\"$car_vin\"> > > <tr> > > <td align=\"center\" colspan=\"3\"><font size=\"4\"><B>Confirm Record > > Deletion</B></font><hr color=\"333333\"></td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>Type Of Car: </B></td> > > <td>$car_type</td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>Model Of Car: </B></td> > > <td>$car_model</td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>Year Of Car: </B></td> > > <td>$car_year</td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>Price Of Car: </B></td> > > <td>$car_price</td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td width=\"30%\"><B>VIN Of Car: </B></td> > > <td>$car_vin</td> > > </tr> > > > $i++; > > end loop here or after hr (wherever you prefer if you want hr between each > item end after hr) > > <?}?> > > > > <tr> > > <td colspan=\"3\"><hr color=\"333333\"></td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td><input type=\"submit\" name=\"delete\" value=\"delete\"></td> > > </tr> > > </form> > > </table>"); > > ?> > > > > [Page 3 - Connects to DB and deletes selected records] > > <?php > > require '../path/to/db.php'; > > $table_name = "cur_inv"; > > need another loop here to go through id's passed through array > > $i=0; > while ($id[$i]) { > > > $sql = "DELETE FROM $table_name WHERE id = '$id'"; > > this should be > $sql="DELETE FROM $table_name WHERE id = $id[$i]"; > > Remove '' around $id and add [], it is an integer, so it does not want quotes > around it > only quote string datatypes > > > echo($sql); > > $result = mysql_query($sql,$dbh) or die(mysql_error()); > > increment array and then close loop > > $i++; > } > > > > print("<body bgcolor=\"ff9900\"><p class=\"done\">You have successfully > > removed your items from the database."); > > ?> > > > > If anyone has the time to finish it or give me some pointers on what the > > hell I am doing wrong please let me know, I would be very glad to hear your > > opinion and the correct way to accomplish this. (And, yes I went through > > just about every tutorial I could find on how to delete records, which by > > the way did nothing for putting the results of a select statement into an > > array or variable for futher processing.) Have a good weekend everyone!!! > > Pissed and frustrated... > > Jas > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > This probably has some holes in it and I am sure someone will not hesitate to > point them out, in fact, please do, feel free. But that should get you most > of the way > to what I believe you are looking for. > > HTH > > MB > > -- > > > > >
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