On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 20:31:37 -0200, you wrote:

>When I enter:
>
>    SELECT MAX(quotation_id)+1 from quotations
>
>    I get simply the number 7 (which is ok)
>
>    But when I do:
>
>    $new_key = mysql_query("SELECT MAX(quotation_id)+1 from quotations")
>
>    I get $new_key = Resource id #3

Long answer: you need to read the manual pages for mysql_query. The function
doesn't return data, it returns a database connection from which you can
recover the data.

Short answer:

$rs =  mysql_query("SELECT MAX(quotation_id)+1 from quotations");

$row = mysql_fetch_row ($rs);

print_r ($row);

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