[PHP] ASP to PHP language problems

2004-03-10 Thread Alistair Hayward
Hi , What is the equavilant in PHP to creating a recordset in ASP using a query? This is what I do in PHP: .. dim Type Type = CStr(Request.QueryString("action")) (getting parameter from URL) Dim cnn ' ADO connection Dim rst ' ADO recordset Dim strDBPath ' path to

[PHP] Re: ASP to PHP language problems

2004-03-10 Thread Alistair Hayward
lso be returned as an array, object, or row // see mysql_fetch_array, mysql_fetch_object, and mysql_fetch_row respectively { Here is a loop } "Alistair Hayward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi , What is the equavilant in PHP to

Re: [PHP] Re: ASP to PHP language problems

2004-03-10 Thread Alistair Hayward
ave not found what I need. Chris W. Parker wrote: Alistair Hayward <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:46 PM said: This is what I get when I try to create the recordset Notice: Use of undefined constant DBlink - assumed 'DBlink' in D:\Develop

Re: [PHP] Re: ASP to PHP language problems

2004-03-10 Thread Alistair Hayward
if (!$db) { echo "Couldn't select database!"; exit; } $type = $_GET['type']; $sql = "SELECT * FROM tbCategory WHERE Type =$type order by style"; $resultID = mysql_query($sql, DB); ?> Chris W. Parker wrot

Re: [PHP] ASP to PHP language problems

2004-03-10 Thread Alistair Hayward
Richard: Thank you so much! Richard Davey wrote: Hello Alistair, Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 10:26:03 PM, you wrote: AH> dim Type AH> Type = CStr(Request.QueryString("action")) (getting parameter from URL) unset($type); $type = $_GET['action']; (Please note - you don't HAVE to "unset" each variab

Re: [PHP] ASP to PHP language problems

2004-03-10 Thread Alistair Hayward
Richard Davey wrote: A few ways to do this: $total_records = mysql_num_rows($result); for ($i=0; $i < $total_records; $i++) { $data = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); print_r($data); } $data will now be an array holding the first set of information. The print_r line just displays it so you can

Re: [PHP] ASP to PHP language problems

2004-03-10 Thread Alistair Hayward
Richard Davey wrote: Hello Alistair, Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 11:26:53 PM, you wrote: AH> I get this error: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid AH> MySQL result resource Then your database connection failed OR the SQL query did. Check those steps over before anything else. Mayb

Re: [PHP] ASP to PHP language problems

2004-03-10 Thread Alistair Hayward
Sorry, was the query! Richard Davey wrote: Hello Alistair, Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 11:26:53 PM, you wrote: AH> I get this error: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid AH> MySQL result resource Then your database connection failed OR the SQL query did. Check those steps over be

Re: [PHP] ASP to PHP language problems

2004-03-10 Thread Alistair Hayward
To everyone, especially Richard, Thanks a lot for the help. I have accomplished everything I needed to do with your help, and I have never used PHP before. Thanks again! alistair -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] Adding a new entry using PHP

2004-04-07 Thread Alistair Hayward
Hi, I am an ASP user, now learning PHP. When adding a record in ASP, I do this: Recordset.AddNew Field1 = whatever RecordSet.Update How is this done in PHP? I have built a recordset using a query, and have all the information needed to go into the different fields, but how do I 'Edit' or 'AddN