Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread PJ
Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: haliphax wrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote:

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread PJ
PJ wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: haliphax wrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 03:46:29PM -0500, PJ wrote: snip $book_publisher = array(); $SQL = SELECT id, bookID, publisher_id FROM book_publisher; if ( ( $results = mysql_query($SQL, $db) ) !== false ) { while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results) ) { $book_publisher[$row['bookID']][] =

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread PJ
Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 03:46:29PM -0500, PJ wrote: snip $book_publisher = array(); $SQL = SELECT id, bookID, publisher_id FROM book_publisher; if ( ( $results = mysql_query($SQL, $db) ) !== false ) { while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results) ) {

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:05:33PM -0500, PJ wrote: Paul M Foster wrote: snip Thanks Paul for the explanation. It really does help and iis much appreciated. I must respond to your chastisement of me, because i believe you may not be aware of the fact that most books on programming really

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread PJ
Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:05:33PM -0500, PJ wrote: Paul M Foster wrote: snip Thanks Paul for the explanation. It really does help and iis much appreciated. I must respond to your chastisement of me, because i believe you may not be aware of the fact that most books

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-15 Thread Jim Lucas
PJ wrote: haliphax wrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-13 Thread PJ
Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-13 Thread haliphax
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood from

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-13 Thread PJ
haliphax wrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this,

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-12 Thread Jim Lucas
PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-11 Thread PJ
Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-11 Thread PJ
am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-28 Thread tedd
At 10:02 PM + 2/26/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: Only in America! Ash Not true -- I never thought otherwise. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread PJ
Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner designates) to update the database from and administration

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner designates)

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Jerry Schwartz
-Original Message- From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:27 AM To: Jerry Schwartz Cc: a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk; 'Gary W. Smith'; 'MySql'; php- gene...@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): $query = INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) VALUES('$title','$content'); $result = mysql_query($query); $autoId = mysql_insert_id($result); $query = INSERT INTO `another_table`(`link_id`,`value`) VALUES($autoId,'$value'); $result =

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:44 -0500, Jerry Schwartz wrote: Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): $query = INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) VALUES('$title','$content'); $result = mysql_query($query); $autoId = mysql_insert_id($result); $query = INSERT INTO

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread PJ
Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:44 -0500, Jerry Schwartz wrote: Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): $query = INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) VALUES('$title','$content'); $result = mysql_query($query); $autoId = mysql_insert_id($result); $query =

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Sorry, I should know better. -Original Message- From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:51 PM To: Jerry Schwartz Cc: 'PJ'; 'Gary W. Smith'; 'MySql'; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question On Thu

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 14:04 -0500, PJ wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:44 -0500, Jerry Schwartz wrote: Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): $query = INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) VALUES('$title','$content'); $result =

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Gary W. Smith
Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner designates) to update the database from and administration directory, accessed by

[PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Gary W. Smith
Not sure that this is the problem BUT you should probably qualify the name of the variable such that SELECT MAX(id) AS id FROM book. But you don't want max(id) as id but rather max(id) + 1 as id. With that you can then just return the final value. Also, if you don't want to alias the value

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:10 -0800, Gary W. Smith wrote: Not sure that this is the problem BUT you should probably qualify the name of the variable such that SELECT MAX(id) AS id FROM book. But you don't want max(id) as id but rather max(id) + 1 as id. With that you can then just return the

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 19:03 -0500, PJ wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:10 -0800, Gary W. Smith wrote: Not sure that this is the problem BUT you should probably qualify the name of the variable such that SELECT MAX(id) AS id FROM book. But you don't want max(id) as id

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread PJ
Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:10 -0800, Gary W. Smith wrote: Not sure that this is the problem BUT you should probably qualify the name of the variable such that SELECT MAX(id) AS id FROM book. But you don't want max(id) as id but rather max(id) + 1 as id. With that you can

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner designates) to update the database from and administration directory, accessed by

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner designates) to update the database from and administration directory, accessed by

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jim Lucas
PJ wrote: From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] Sent: Wed 2/25/2009 2:01 PM To: MySql; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: non-auto increment question I want to insert a new table entry 1 number higher than the highest in the field (id). I cannot use auto-increment. And I want to show the

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jim Lucas
Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] Sent: Wed 2/25/2009 2:01 PM To: MySql; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: non-auto increment question I want to insert a new table entry 1 number higher than the highest in the field (id). I cannot use auto-increment. And I