Are you sure? I thought mysql_num_rows() would give you the ID number of the last row in a table IF AND ONLY IF there hasn't been any row deletions. I expect to have deletions, but I'll try it out anyway. Thanks, Hugh ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'hugh danaher' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Php-General <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:40 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Getting the last record in a mysql table
> > I thought this would be easy but it ain't. What I want is > > the id number of the last record in a table. > > If you use mysql_num_rows() and decrement it by one, you'll > have the ID of the row you can use with mysql_result. > > Jason -- 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]
