Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-06 Thread anirudh dutt
> > Well, I have this: > > > > $result=mysql_query('SELECT * FROM $table ORDER BY lastname, street, housenum > > ASC'); > > if u're trying to use variables like $table in the query (which i think u are), they need to be in double quotes : "" not single quotes. so the line should be: $result=

RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-05 Thread Pete Holsberg
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Pete Holsberg wrote: > I have to learn to keep a 3x5 card with my column > headings nearby!! > > But having corrected that, I'm running into another > problem. CASE-SENSITIVITY, Dummy! ;-) -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://w

RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-05 Thread Pete Holsberg
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Pete Holsberg wrote: > Well, I have this: > > $result=mysql_query('SELECT * FROM $table ORDER BY lastname, street, housenum ASC'); > > while ($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) > { >echo $row['lastname'].' '.$row['firstname'].' '.$row['housenum'].' > '.$row['street']; > }

RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-05 Thread Pete Holsberg
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Torsten Roehr wrote: > > mysql_query() will return a result set. There are > different functions to extract the rows from it. I > would recommend mysql_fetch_assoc() - it returns an > associative array of the current row/record set where > the field names of your table become t

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-04 Thread Pete Holsberg
On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, Torsten Roehr wrote: > > > "SELECT firstname, lastname, address FROM TABLENAME > > > ORDER BY lastname ASC"; > > > > > > Use ASC or DESC to order your query results. When you > > > iterate over the result as Torsten indicated, > > > everything will be in the order you specify.

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-04 Thread Torsten Roehr
> > "SELECT firstname, lastname, address FROM TABLENAME ORDER BY lastname ASC"; > > > > Use ASC or DESC to order your query results. When you > > iterate over the result as Torsten indicated, everything > > will be in the order you specify. > > In the database table itself, right? Does it make more

RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-04 Thread Pete Holsberg
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Hutchins, Richard wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Pete Holsberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:59 AM > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions > > > &

RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-03 Thread Hutchins, Richard
MySQL docs for all the information you'll ever need on sorting and/or grouping results from a query. Rich > -Original Message- > From: Pete Holsberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:59 AM > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] R

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-03 Thread Pete Holsberg
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Torsten Roehr wrote: > > I think I need just a little push in the right > > direction. After I send the above SELECT command, how > > do I get the result to appear on a web page? > > mysql_query() will return a result set. There are > different functions to extract the rows fr

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-02 Thread Torsten Roehr
"Pete Holsberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Torsten Roehr wrote: > > > > > "Pete Holsberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > I want to set up a direct

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-02 Thread Pete Holsberg
On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Pete Holsberg wrote: > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Torsten Roehr wrote: > > > "Pete Holsberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > I want to set up a directory with the following fields: > > > > > > surname > > > firstname > > > spousename > > >

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Newbie Questions

2004-09-01 Thread Pete Holsberg
On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Torsten Roehr wrote: > Hi Peter, please see my comments below: > > "Pete Holsberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm just getting started with PHP and MySQL (how do you say > > that, my ess kew wll, my sequel, ???). > > "my ess kew wll" is