sorry i am abit slow it would be helpful if you can describe what's store and purpose of the 2 tables
Foong "Jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > I just noticed a problem with my question which would > cause major problems in my db. So let me re-ask it > again. > > How can I update 2 tables at once if a match occours > from information inputed into a PHP form. > > Now this is what each table has. > > table1: > id > username > game1 > game2 > game3 > game4 > game5 > game6 > game7 > game8 > score > > table2: > id > username > password > sid > score > > I have this: > > $sql = "UPDATE table1 SET score=score+1 WHERE > $select='$winner'"; > > mysql_query("$sql"); > echo("Points credited? I hope!<br><br>"); > } > else {echo("An error occoured, please click back > button and try again.");} > > Now that works fine and updates correctly. > > But now I want a second table to be updated. So if > username blah got +1 I need table2 to update it's > score for blah to +1. The query above updates if it > finda a match in table1 and does not require the use > of a username to update. But for table2 I am guessing > it WILL need to know the username or id to update the > appropiate field and not update everyones score to +1. > So how is this achieved? Or am I doing this a hard > way? > > Jerry > > > > http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile > - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
