Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread PJ
Paul M Foster wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:05:33PM -0500, PJ wrote: > >> Paul M Foster wrote: > > > >> Thanks Paul for the explanation. It really does help and iis much >> appreciated. >> >> I must respond to your chastisement of me, because i believe you may not >> be aware of the fact tha

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:05:33PM -0500, PJ wrote: > Paul M Foster wrote: > Thanks Paul for the explanation. It really does help and iis much > appreciated. > > I must respond to your chastisement of me, because i believe you may not > be aware of the fact that most books on programming reall

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread PJ
Paul M Foster wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 03:46:29PM -0500, PJ wrote: > > > > $book_publisher = array(); $SQL = "SELECT id, bookID, publisher_id FROM book_publisher"; if ( ( $results = mysql_query($SQL, $db) ) !== false ) { while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results) ) {

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 03:46:29PM -0500, PJ wrote: > >> $book_publisher = array(); > >> $SQL = "SELECT id, bookID, publisher_id FROM book_publisher"; > >> if ( ( $results = mysql_query($SQL, $db) ) !== false ) { > >> while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results) ) { > >> $book_publisher[$row['book

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread PJ
PJ wrote: > Jim Lucas wrote: >> PJ wrote: >>> haliphax wrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ wrote: > Jim Lucas wrote: >> PJ wrote: >>> am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! >>> >>> Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500,

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-16 Thread PJ
Jim Lucas wrote: > PJ wrote: >> haliphax wrote: >>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: > PJ wrote: >> am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! >> >> Ashley Sheridan wrote: >>> On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: J

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-15 Thread Jim Lucas
PJ wrote: haliphax wrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-13 Thread PJ
haliphax wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ wrote: >> Jim Lucas wrote: >>> PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: >> Jerry Schwartz wrote: >> Being rathe

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-13 Thread haliphax
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, PJ wrote: > Jim Lucas wrote: >> PJ wrote: >>> am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! >>> >>> Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: > Jerry Schwartz wrote: > >>> Being rather new to all this, I unders

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-13 Thread PJ
Jim Lucas wrote: > PJ wrote: >> am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! >> >> Ashley Sheridan wrote: >>> On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: >> Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual >> that >> the auto

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-12 Thread Jim Lucas
PJ wrote: am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-11 Thread PJ
am resending as this was erroneously ccd to mysql. sorry! Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: >> Jerry Schwartz wrote: >> Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an inserti

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-11 Thread PJ
Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: >> Jerry Schwartz wrote: >> Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not intermittently. My application is for administr

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-28 Thread tedd
At 10:02 PM + 2/26/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: Only in America! Ash Not true -- I never thought otherwise. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.p

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Gary W. Smith
> Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that > the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not > intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & > designates) to update the database from and administration directory, > accessed

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 14:04 -0500, PJ wrote: > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:44 -0500, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > > > >>> Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): > >>> > >>> $query = "INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) > >>> VALUES('$title','$content')"; > >>> $

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Sorry, I should know better. >-Original Message- >From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk] >Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:51 PM >To: Jerry Schwartz >Cc: 'PJ'; 'Gary W. Smith'; 'MySql'; php-general@lists.php.net >Su

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread PJ
Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:44 -0500, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > >>> Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): >>> >>> $query = "INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) >>> VALUES('$title','$content')"; >>> $result = mysql_query($query); >>> $autoId = mysql_insert_id($

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:44 -0500, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > >Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): > > > >$query = "INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) > >VALUES('$title','$content')"; > >$result = mysql_query($query); > >$autoId = mysql_insert_id($result); > > > >$query = "INSERT IN

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): > >$query = "INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) >VALUES('$title','$content')"; >$result = mysql_query($query); >$autoId = mysql_insert_id($result); > >$query = "INSERT INTO `another_table`(`link_id`,`value`) >VALUES($autoId,'$value'); >$result

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>-Original Message- >From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] >Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:27 AM >To: Jerry Schwartz >Cc: a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk; 'Gary W. Smith'; 'MySql'; php- >gene...@lists.php.net >Subject: Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto i

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: > Jerry Schwartz wrote: > > >> Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that > >> the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not > >> intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & >

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread PJ
Jerry Schwartz wrote: >> Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that >> the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not >> intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & >> designates) to update the database from and administra

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Lester Caine
PJ wrote: Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & designates) to update the database from and administration directory, accesse

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jim Lucas
Jim Lucas wrote: PJ wrote: From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] Sent: Wed 2/25/2009 2:01 PM To: MySql; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: non-auto increment question I want to insert a new table entry 1 number higher than the highest in the field (id). I cannot use auto-increment. And I

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jim Lucas
PJ wrote: From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] Sent: Wed 2/25/2009 2:01 PM To: MySql; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: non-auto increment question I want to insert a new table entry 1 number higher than the highest in the field (id). I cannot use auto-increment. And I want to show the v

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that >the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not >intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & >designates) to update the database from and administration directory, >accessed by u

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that >the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not >intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & >designates) to update the database from and administration directory, >accessed by us

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread PJ
Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:10 -0800, Gary W. Smith wrote: >> Not sure that this is the problem BUT you should probably qualify the >> name of the variable such that "SELECT MAX(id) AS id FROM book". But >> you don't want "max(id) as id" but rather "max(id) + 1 as id". With >>

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 19:03 -0500, PJ wrote: > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:10 -0800, Gary W. Smith wrote: > >> Not sure that this is the problem BUT you should probably qualify the > >> name of the variable such that "SELECT MAX(id) AS id FROM book". But > >> you don't want

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:10 -0800, Gary W. Smith wrote: > Not sure that this is the problem BUT you should probably qualify the name of > the variable such that "SELECT MAX(id) AS id FROM book". But you don't want > "max(id) as id" but rather "max(id) + 1 as id". With that you can then just > r

[PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Gary W. Smith
Not sure that this is the problem BUT you should probably qualify the name of the variable such that "SELECT MAX(id) AS id FROM book". But you don't want "max(id) as id" but rather "max(id) + 1 as id". With that you can then just return the final value. Also, if you don't want to alias the val