2009/1/15 tedd <tedd.sperl...@gmail.com>
> At 9:46 AM -0800 1/15/09, Chris Carter wrote:
>
> Chris:
>
> That's not the way I would do it. After establishing a connection with the
> database, I would use the query:
>
> $query "SELECT email FROM owners WHERE email = '$emailAddress' ":
> $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
>
> if(mysql_affected_rows())
> {
> // then report a duplicate email/record.
> }
> else
> {
> // else insert a new record in the dB.
> }
>
> HTH's
>
> tedd
You should not forget to use mysql_real_escape_string() just as Daniel Brown
explained...
-eddy
