Re: [PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box...

2002-04-05 Thread Bob
s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box... > Okay, so I figured out why you might want to use UPDATE instead of SELECT. > And I also found that no matter what I tried, UPDATE

Re: [PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box...

2002-04-05 Thread Bob
sql_query($sql, $connection); $error = mysql_error(); if( eregi( "uplicate", $error ) ) echo( "Sorry, $files is already in the database.\n" ); else echo( "$files added to database successfully.\n" ); echo( "Add another file?" ); } ?> Later, Bob - Original Message

RE: [PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box...

2002-04-05 Thread Bob
I got it to work like this.. I don't know if you didn't want to use INSERT or something but it sticks the filename in the database table for me.. $file_name"; while ($file_name = readdir($dir)) { if (($file_name != ".") && ($file_name !="..")) { $file_list .= "$file_name"; } } $file_lis

Re: [PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box...

2002-04-05 Thread Jas
Upon doing a print $sql before the mysql_querie I get this output; UPDATE cm_index SET ad01_t=$files"Could not execute query. Please try again later -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box...

2002-04-05 Thread Jas
Ok I made the changes you suggested and unfortunately I am getting the same results... Could not execute query, I manually put entries into the tables so that the update command would just overwrite the current contents. Here is my code this far, I think my problem (correct me if I am wrong) lies

RE: [PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box...

2002-04-05 Thread Rick Emery
I had a typo: $sql = "UPDATE $table_name SET file_name=\"$files\""; -Original Message- From: Rick Emery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:29 PM To: 'Jas'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box.

RE: [PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box...

2002-04-05 Thread Rick Emery
jas, Ya didn't do what I told you to do. Now, do this: "; $sql = "UPDATE $table_name SET file_name=\$files\""; -Original Message- From: Jas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Stuck on

[PHP-DB] Stuck on db entry from select box...

2002-04-05 Thread Jas
Ok here is my problem and where I am at this far, first thing I needed to do is to read the contents of a directory and place the results into a select box in a form (accomplished), now where I am stuck is passing the selection from said select box to another script so it may be put into a mysql d