RE: [PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query

2004-12-03 Thread Khristopher_Klaich
nd, Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/03/2004 02:40 PM Please respond to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Subject RE: [PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query http://www.php.net/manual/ http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php Basically:

RE: [PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query

2004-12-03 Thread Bastien Koert
the concat_ws command is mysql specific...it only works in a sql statement. if you want to do this in code then PO_Date= $_POST['PO_Year'].'-'.$_POST['PO_Month'].'-'.$_POST['PO_Day'])'; will work bastien From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EM

RE: [PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query

2004-12-03 Thread Norland, Martin
http://www.php.net/manual/ http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php Basically: * quoting with ' is when you just literally want that string output. You can't call functions or print variables values within it. e.g.print 'hello_world() $name';

RE: [PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query

2004-12-03 Thread Khristopher_Klaich
of them. Any good sites out there to explain when to use ' and when to use " sorry kind of a newbie but appreicate all of the help maybe one day I can return the favor. Khris "Norland, Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/03/2004 12:03 PM Please respond to <[

RE: [PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query

2004-12-03 Thread Norland, Martin
-Original Message- From: Bastien Koert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > concat_ws('-',{$_POST['PO_Year']},{$_POST['PO_Month']},{$_POST['PO_Day'] }) I'm pretty sure this will error because of the unneccessary {}'s around the POST array items. PHP really doesn't like you using extra curlies arou

RE: [PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query

2004-12-03 Thread Bastien Koert
or use concat_ws (concatenation with separator) concat_ws('-',{$_POST['PO_Year']},{$_POST['PO_Month']},{$_POST['PO_Day']}) bastien ps. I strongly recommend validating data before you insert into the db From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query

2004-12-03 Thread metin kale
wouldn't it be $_POST['PO_Year']."-".$_POST['PO_Month']."-".$_POST['PO_Day'] ? metin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I have a application that has an insert query (using a mysql database) and I am having an issue with trying to combine three fields with a dash . Here is my code can anyone plea

RE: [PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query

2004-12-03 Thread Norland, Martin
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > '{$_POST['PO_Year']}-{$_POST['PO_Month']}-{$_POST['PO_Day']}' "{$_POST['PO_Year']}-{$_POST['PO_Month']}-{$_POST['PO_Day']}" Variables aren't evaluated in single quotes. - Martin Norland, Database / Web Developer, Int

[PHP-DB] Concat 3 fields in a query

2004-12-03 Thread Khristopher_Klaich
Hello I have a application that has an insert query (using a mysql database) and I am having an issue with trying to combine three fields with a dash . Here is my code can anyone please help me out with what else I need to add or point me to somewhere that explains how to combine field's in a