Bill I like doing a switch statement base on the returned count from the
query. I feel this gives me better control over the output. keep in mind
that you can not use mysql_num_rows() with anything but a select statement.
also you would turn off error reporting in the ini file since this is a
system to replace that.
example
$query = "select userLvl from users where userName='".$_POST['userName']."'"
$result = mysql_query($query,$conn);
$ttlReturned = mysql_num_row($result);
switch($ttlReturned)
{
case -1:
// db error. process this and fail gracefully
break;
case 0:
// no results returned. enter the new user
break;
case 1:
// one record found. return a notice to the user the name exist
break;
default:
// this would be a catch all for more than one record found. This may
record a // message to be sent to the db admin to correct, if you
only want one user // with this name.
}
// continue script with result from above.....
Chris
"Bill McEachran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Newbie question.
>
> I'm working my way through IBM's PHP tutorial. Generally good ... but I'm
> stuck at an error point and have no idea what's going wrong.
> Before adding a new row to the mysql database (already opened) we do a
> query to see if a particular record already exists.
> (see $resultT).
>
> We then test, using if, to see if $resultT is true or false. If it's
> false we are then supposed to enter a new record.
> Problem: it's never false. It always evaluates true. What am I doing
> wrong? TIA
>
> /* build query to see if the record is entered already */
> $sqlT = "select * from users where username='".$_POST["name"]."'";
> $resultT = mysql_query($sqlT);
>
> /* Now test -- did we find anything ... if not add this user */
> if (! $resultT) {
> /* here we add the new record if it doesn't already exit /*
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