Michael,

You can select the Database to run the queries on by using
mysql_select_db($dbname) after you have connected. for example:

$link = mysql_connect($host, $username, $password);
mysql_select_db($dbname, $link);
$query = "INSERT INTO $table ('joe', 15)";
if(mysql_query($query, $link)) {
    //blah
} else {
    //error
}

Hope this helps

Craig Roberts


"Michael Cortes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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I have been writing my queries like this.......

$link = mysql_connect ($host, $username, $password);
$query = "insert into $table ('joe', 15)";
if ( mysql_db_query($dbname, $query, $link)) { }

But then I was reading that I should use mysl_query instead of
mysql_db_query.
But I was having a problem with where do i put the $dbname.

When I used:

mysql_query ($dbname, $query, $link)

I got an error message saying i had too many arguments.  So I changed it to:

mysql_query ($query, $link)

I then got an error message saying it didn't know what database I was
connected to.  I finally got around the problem by including the database
name in the query, like so:

$query = "insert into $dbname.$table ('joe', 15)";

I shouldn't have to say, but this is a simplified example.  I didn't want to
include all the fields, tables, values that the true example has.  The
question is, am I doing this right?  Do I have no choice but to retype the
$dbname all over the place if I want to use "mysql_query"?

Thank in advance for any help.


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Michael Cortes
Fort LeBoeuf School District
34 East Ninth Street
PO Box 810
Waterford PA 16441-0810
814.796.4795



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