[PHP] How *not* to assume MySQL will return data?

Hiya all, Stock standard, and from most of the examples I've seen, standard MySQL lookups via PHP utlises a while look to retrieve the data. All very nice and well yes... But what if there is no data? Here's a little example of what I want to do... // Check for inportaint notices for the

Re: [PHP] How *not* to assume MySQL will return data?

PM Subject: Re: [PHP] How *not* to assume MySQL will return data? if (mysql_num_rows($query) 0) { print crud } else { echo Query succeeded, but produced no results; } Is that what you mean? - Original Message - From: Chris Knipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PHP] How *not* to assume MySQL will return data?

On Tuesday 14 May 2002 01:36, Chris Knipe wrote: H. There's no way to do it *without* having to submit two queries to the database? I'm thinking load wise here. The query (or block), would be displayed on every single page in my app - sort of like a shared border type thing...

Re: [PHP] How *not* to assume MySQL will return data?

Holmes... - Original Message - From: Chris Knipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: [PHP] How *not* to assume MySQL will return data? Hiya all, Stock standard, and from most of the examples I've seen, standard MySQL lookups via PHP utlises