On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Timothy Legg <php_l...@timothylegg.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Is it wrong to have mysql_connect() called twice within a single PHP
> document, such as this? I have been running into some fairly annoying
> query failures that commute when I change the order of these two blocks of
> code. I am currently working around this by repeatedly using
> mysql_select_db() to change the databases as I am needing to change to a
> different database.
>
> To be more specific, I can use the $db_material handle in doing a query,
> but it will always try to search in the Labor_Log table and thus fail
> because the tables have different and names. Swapping these blocks will
> have a vice-versa effect.
>
>
> //Connect to server (materials)
> $db_material = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "secret");
> if (!$db_material)
> {
> echo( "<P>Unable to connect to the database server at this
> time.</P>" );
> exit();
> }
> mysql_select_db("Material_Log", $db_material);
>
>
> //Connect to server (labor)
> $db_labor = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "secret");
> if (!$db_labor)
> {
> echo( "<P>Unable to connect to the database server at this
> time.</P>" );
> exit();
> }
> mysql_select_db("Labor_Log", $db_labor);
>
>
>
> Tim Legg
>
>
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If the databases are in the same mysql server, then you could qualify
the table select with the database name and simply re-use the
connection
select db_name.table_name.field from db_name.table_name [where]
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