Hi,

Sunday, January 19, 2003, 5:50:51 AM, you wrote:
j> hi, i'm hoping someone can help me out here - im trying to pass a variable from a 
string in the href tag, however my sql breaks when i put a var in the statment.
j> when i replace $foo with a number, the page works fine. can someone please tell me 
what im doing wrong?

j> here is the error i get:

j> Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in 
/home/villany2k1/www.villany2k1.com/htdocs/projects/projects_descrip.php on line 11



j> here is my code:

j> <?php
j> $hostName="localhost";
j> $userName="xxxx";
j> $password="xxxx";
j> $database= "projects";
j> $tableName="project_descrip";

j> $descripQuery = "SELECT descrip from project_descrip where rowid=$foo";
j> mysql_connect($hostName, $userName, $password);
j> $descripResult = mysql_db_query($database,$descripQuery);
j>    while($row = mysql_fetch_object($descripResult)){

$foo = $row->>descrip;

j> echo("<font face=verdana size=1>");
j> echo("<a href='projects_descrip.php?rowid=$foobar'>" . "$foo</a>" . " | ");
j> echo("</font>");

j>   }


?>>

j> thanks in advance, 
j> jennifer

You need to put $foo in quotes like

     $descripQuery = "SELECT descrip from project_descrip where rowid='$foo'";

-- 
regards,
Tom


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