Use smth like this -> $need_prices = '01,02'; $prices = new Array(); $sql = "select * from price_list where id in ($need_prices)" $result = mysql_query ($sql);
{//cycle while $result is not empty - for every record $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); $prices[$row["id"]] = $row["price"]; } After this you'll get array of prices $prices - indexes are id value. so u can write $new_price1 = 2*$prices[1] + $prices[2] Zliy Pes, http://www.zliypes.com.ua ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alen Nonkovi?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 4:31 PM Subject: [PHP] Multiple database seeking Hello, I am trying to make a something like a cooking recipe with some calculations. My problem is too much database querying. Is it really a problem??? Let's suppose there is a table with items and prices: item1 price1 item2 price2 item3 price3 ... Then I have to calculate some new indegrient price, which is a result of calculating other prices: (ex: $new_price1 = 2*$price1 + $price2 ) To get wanted prices I used standard query: ---------------------------------------------------- $result = mysql_query ("SELECT price from price_list where id = '01'"); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); $price1 = $row["price"]; $result = mysql_query ("SELECT price from price_list where id = '02'"); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); $price2 = $row["price"]; //...and so on for about 30 indegrients. And on the end: $new_price1 = 2*$price1 + $price2; print "$new_price1"; ---------------------------------------------------------- But, is there a quicker way to do this? Am I doing maybe the wholistic mistake in process? Or this is just OK? Please, help cooking the soup ;) regards, Alen -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]