Hi Make sure you have an auto_increment field in your table, do the insert first, then use mysql_insert_id() to get the number of the last which you can use for the customer number. See the notes at the following page:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-insert-id.php Regards Girish -- www.girishnath.co.uk "R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 000301c20772$9538d0b0$0a6da8c0@lgwezec83s94bn">news:000301c20772$9538d0b0$0a6da8c0@lgwezec83s94bn... > Hey guys, > > I have written a program and being a newbie I dont know if this is good or > will give me problems in the future, so will appreciate it if you could just > have a look at the function and give me your "esteemed opinion" ;-) > This is just a snip from the program...its pretty easy so your guru's should > have no problem figuring it out. > > > // connected to the database successfully and running this query: > { > mysql_query.........etc > $r=select max(cno)+1 from customer; > insert into customer values($r,'$name'); > } > print("Your customer number is: $r"); > > what do you think? And will this return the correct values if 2 people > submitted the form at the same time? > > > Cheers, > -Ryan. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
