Re: [PHP] Best way to check if a query succeeded

On Thursday 29 March 2001 13:00, you wrote: > Hi, > i was just wondering what you guys do to check if a wquery suceeded or > not? I know about mysql_num_rows() and mysql_affected_rows(), just > wondered what you guys do? Check the return code of mysql_query(). The only safe method. -- Christian

RE: [PHP] Best way to check if a query succeeded

What about: $sql = "SELECT something FROM table"; $result = mysql_query($sql) or die ("Query failed!"); do_something(); //the query has succeeded if we get to this line HTH Jon -Original Message- From: Jordan Elver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 March 2001 12:00 To: PHP Database