Re: [PHP] Re: php can't insert data mysql table
> > I think the comment about your "cannot insert query" was because it really > did not make sense. Once truly cannot "insert a query". Since you ask > tho, a more approp message might be > "Insert query failed to execute.Error returned was " . mysqli_error() > . "Query was $q" > > As for your index issue - you are using an autoincrement(?) field as the > primary key. Is this related to another record in your db? If not, why > even have the primary key? > > Hey! I really like your error message. Borrowing it! :) Yes I am now using auto_increment, and that's what seemed to solve my issue. Looks like a simple omission in forgetting to use auto_increment and using primary key. I usually know better. I'll blame this one on the clonopin. lol thank you tim On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Jim Giner wrote: > On 10/1/2012 12:20 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > >> hey thanks guys adding debugging info worked. >> >> Actually it was mysqli_error() providing me with a specific error of where >> the problem was. >> >> Cannot insert query:Duplicate entry '0' for key 'PRIMARY' >> >> This is the data in the table >> >> mysql> select * from guitarwars; >> ++-+--**-+---+** >> ---+ >> | id | date| name | score | screenshot >> | >> ++-+--**-+---+** >> ---+ >> | 0 | 2012-10-01 11:55:45 | Tommy Tutone | 2442 | >> bg_titlestrip.jpg | >> | 1 | 2012-10-01 08:34:18 | Dunphy| 2 | proof.jpg >> | >> | 2 | 2012-10-01 00:25:53 | ray davies| NULL | 2241 >> | >> | 3 | 2008-04-22 14:37:34 | Paco Jastorius| NULL | NULL >> | >> | 4 | 2008-04-22 21:27:54 | Nevil Johansson | NULL | NULL >> | >> | 5 | 2008-04-23 09:12:53 | Belita Chevy | NULL | NULL >> | >> | 6 | 2008-04-23 14:09:50 | Kenny Lavitz | NULL | NULL >> | >> | 7 | 2008-04-24 08:13:52 | Phiz Lairston | NULL | NULL >> | >> | 8 | 2008-04-25 07:22:19 | Jean Paul Jones | NULL | NULL >> | >> | 9 | 2008-04-25 11:49:23 | Jacob Scorcherson | NULL | NULL >> | >> ++-+--**-+---+** >> ---+ >> >> >> This was the query I was using: >> >> $query = "INSERT INTO guitarwars (date, name, score, screenshot) VALUES >> (NOW(), '$name', '$score', '$screenshot')"; >> >> It seems to be inserting a default value of 0 since the id is not being >> specified and that's when I realized that I had failed to auto_increment >> the id column. D'oh! So once I did that everything worked like a charm. >> >> @Ken >> >>> First -- NEVER post code with your database username/password. Since you >>> >> did, change your db password immediately. >> >> Well actually I did not. Did you really think 'secretsauce' was my >> password? :) But I guess you're right in that this may be a little >> ambiguous when seeking advice in lists so from now on I will take your >> advice on making login information unambiguously fake in the form of >> user='' and password='xxx'. >> >> @Stuart >> But take note of what everyone else is saying. You should be getting the >> error message when this happens which will tell you exactly what the >> problem is, above and beyond "Cannot insert query" (which, btw, makes no >> sense at all :)). >> >> Ok well I'm using an 'insert' query so I'm not sure why you say that this >> makes no sense at all. :)) If you don't mind giving this n00b advice what >> would be a better/more accurate error message? >> >> They take away from this for me was.. don't skimp on the error messages! >> The one I got was so clear that fixing the problem was easy at that point. >> >> But thanks again guys.. this list has been an indispensable source source >> of wisdom on my journey in learning PHP. >> >> Tim >> >> >> Thanks again guys, >> Tim >> >> >> >> I think the comment about your "cannot insert query" was because it >> really did not make sense. Once truly cannot "insert a query". Since you >> ask tho, a more approp message might be >> "Insert query failed to execute.Error returned was " . mysqli_error() >> . "Query was $q" >> >> As for your index issue - you are using an autoincrement(?) field as the >> primary key. Is this related to another record in your db? If not, why >> even have the primary key? > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B
Re: [PHP] Re: php can't insert data mysql table
On 10/1/2012 12:20 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: hey thanks guys adding debugging info worked. Actually it was mysqli_error() providing me with a specific error of where the problem was. Cannot insert query:Duplicate entry '0' for key 'PRIMARY' This is the data in the table mysql> select * from guitarwars; ++-+---+---+---+ | id | date| name | score | screenshot| ++-+---+---+---+ | 0 | 2012-10-01 11:55:45 | Tommy Tutone | 2442 | bg_titlestrip.jpg | | 1 | 2012-10-01 08:34:18 | Dunphy| 2 | proof.jpg | | 2 | 2012-10-01 00:25:53 | ray davies| NULL | 2241 | | 3 | 2008-04-22 14:37:34 | Paco Jastorius| NULL | NULL | | 4 | 2008-04-22 21:27:54 | Nevil Johansson | NULL | NULL | | 5 | 2008-04-23 09:12:53 | Belita Chevy | NULL | NULL | | 6 | 2008-04-23 14:09:50 | Kenny Lavitz | NULL | NULL | | 7 | 2008-04-24 08:13:52 | Phiz Lairston | NULL | NULL | | 8 | 2008-04-25 07:22:19 | Jean Paul Jones | NULL | NULL | | 9 | 2008-04-25 11:49:23 | Jacob Scorcherson | NULL | NULL | ++-+---+---+---+ This was the query I was using: $query = "INSERT INTO guitarwars (date, name, score, screenshot) VALUES (NOW(), '$name', '$score', '$screenshot')"; It seems to be inserting a default value of 0 since the id is not being specified and that's when I realized that I had failed to auto_increment the id column. D'oh! So once I did that everything worked like a charm. @Ken First -- NEVER post code with your database username/password. Since you did, change your db password immediately. Well actually I did not. Did you really think 'secretsauce' was my password? :) But I guess you're right in that this may be a little ambiguous when seeking advice in lists so from now on I will take your advice on making login information unambiguously fake in the form of user='' and password='xxx'. @Stuart But take note of what everyone else is saying. You should be getting the error message when this happens which will tell you exactly what the problem is, above and beyond "Cannot insert query" (which, btw, makes no sense at all :)). Ok well I'm using an 'insert' query so I'm not sure why you say that this makes no sense at all. :)) If you don't mind giving this n00b advice what would be a better/more accurate error message? They take away from this for me was.. don't skimp on the error messages! The one I got was so clear that fixing the problem was easy at that point. But thanks again guys.. this list has been an indispensable source source of wisdom on my journey in learning PHP. Tim Thanks again guys, Tim I think the comment about your "cannot insert query" was because it really did not make sense. Once truly cannot "insert a query". Since you ask tho, a more approp message might be "Insert query failed to execute.Error returned was " . mysqli_error() . "Query was $q" As for your index issue - you are using an autoincrement(?) field as the primary key. Is this related to another record in your db? If not, why even have the primary key? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: php can't insert data mysql table
hey thanks guys adding debugging info worked. Actually it was mysqli_error() providing me with a specific error of where the problem was. Cannot insert query:Duplicate entry '0' for key 'PRIMARY' This is the data in the table mysql> select * from guitarwars; ++-+---+---+---+ | id | date| name | score | screenshot| ++-+---+---+---+ | 0 | 2012-10-01 11:55:45 | Tommy Tutone | 2442 | bg_titlestrip.jpg | | 1 | 2012-10-01 08:34:18 | Dunphy| 2 | proof.jpg | | 2 | 2012-10-01 00:25:53 | ray davies| NULL | 2241 | | 3 | 2008-04-22 14:37:34 | Paco Jastorius| NULL | NULL | | 4 | 2008-04-22 21:27:54 | Nevil Johansson | NULL | NULL | | 5 | 2008-04-23 09:12:53 | Belita Chevy | NULL | NULL | | 6 | 2008-04-23 14:09:50 | Kenny Lavitz | NULL | NULL | | 7 | 2008-04-24 08:13:52 | Phiz Lairston | NULL | NULL | | 8 | 2008-04-25 07:22:19 | Jean Paul Jones | NULL | NULL | | 9 | 2008-04-25 11:49:23 | Jacob Scorcherson | NULL | NULL | ++-+---+---+---+ This was the query I was using: $query = "INSERT INTO guitarwars (date, name, score, screenshot) VALUES (NOW(), '$name', '$score', '$screenshot')"; It seems to be inserting a default value of 0 since the id is not being specified and that's when I realized that I had failed to auto_increment the id column. D'oh! So once I did that everything worked like a charm. @Ken >First -- NEVER post code with your database username/password. Since you did, change your db password immediately. Well actually I did not. Did you really think 'secretsauce' was my password? :) But I guess you're right in that this may be a little ambiguous when seeking advice in lists so from now on I will take your advice on making login information unambiguously fake in the form of user='' and password='xxx'. @Stuart But take note of what everyone else is saying. You should be getting the error message when this happens which will tell you exactly what the problem is, above and beyond "Cannot insert query" (which, btw, makes no sense at all :)). Ok well I'm using an 'insert' query so I'm not sure why you say that this makes no sense at all. :)) If you don't mind giving this n00b advice what would be a better/more accurate error message? They take away from this for me was.. don't skimp on the error messages! The one I got was so clear that fixing the problem was easy at that point. But thanks again guys.. this list has been an indispensable source source of wisdom on my journey in learning PHP. Tim Thanks again guys, Tim -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B
Re: [PHP] Re: php can't insert data mysql table
On 10/1/2012 9:12 AM, Tommy Pham wrote: On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Jim Giner wrote: In this case, I do think that your insert statement is incorrect - I could be wrong. I think the VALUES clause s/b just 'VALUE'. Also if you added MYSQLI_ERROR to your error handling you should get a very helpful message. VALUES also work. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/insert.html Yeah - I just saw it in one of my scripts. So - adding the error handling and the call to mysqli_error should help the OP diagnose his problem. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: php can't insert data mysql table
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Jim Giner wrote: > In this case, I do think that your insert statement is incorrect - I could > be wrong. I think the VALUES clause s/b just 'VALUE'. Also if you added > MYSQLI_ERROR to your error handling you should get a very helpful message. > VALUES also work. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/insert.html -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
