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Hi,
I'm new on this ML and PHP. But if I can help ...
It seems you forgot a $ in your 'description' request in the '$sql' query.
$sql = "INSERT INTO tbl1 (name,location,length,size,description) VALUES
('$name','$location','$length','$size','description')";
Horst
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De: pilotdave [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Date: lundi, 4. mars 2002 18:27
> �: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Objet: Re: [PHP-WIN] cannot write to mySQL database
>
>
> "Nicole Amashta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Could you post the code you are trying to use to do this? It may just be
> a
> > coding issue and not MySQL at all.
> >
>
>
> Sure. The database is called movies1db, username is movies, password is
> database. This definitely could be an issue with how i set up the user or
> something. Here's the code for one form I'm trying:
> -------
> <html>
> <body>
> <?php
>
> if ($submit) {
>
> // process form
>
> $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "movies","database");
>
> mysql_select_db("movies1db",$db);
>
> $sql = "INSERT INTO tbl1 (name,location,length,size,description) VALUES
> ('$name','$location','$length','$size','description')";
>
> $result = mysql_query($sql);
>
> echo "Thank you! Information entered.\n";
>
> } else{
>
> // display form
>
> ?>
>
> <form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF ?>">
>
> Name:<input type="Text" name="name"><br>
>
> Location:<input type="Text" name="location"><br>
>
> Length:<input type="Text" name="length"><br>
>
> Size:<input type="Text" name="size"><br>
>
> Description:<input type="Text" name="description"><br>
>
> <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Enter information">
>
> </form>
>
> <?php
> } // end if
> ?>
> </body>
> </html>
> ------
>
> Here's more info. I checked my apache error log and found that when I
> open
> that page, I get the following errors:
> [Mon Mar 04 12:14:27 2002] [error] PHP Warning: Undefined variable:
> submit
> in c:\homepage\phptest\dataform2.php on line 11
> [Mon Mar 04 12:14:27 2002] [error] PHP Warning: Undefined variable:
> PHP_SELF in c:\homepage\phptest\dataform2.php on line 37
>
> I get the same errors when I hit the submit button. Hope this helps!
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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