Thank you for the tip Johnny, I'll copy that code to a snippet and use that from now on.
(C: >From: "Johnny Withers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Curtis Gordon'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: persistant insert trouble >Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:04:58 -0600 > >Next time, instead of banging your head on the desk >trying to figure out why somehting like this doesn't >work, add some error checking to your PHP script. > >$query="INSERT INTO " > ."duser(username, upass, fname, lname, hphone, " > ."haddress, hcity, hstate, hcountry, hemail, utype) " > ."VALUES('$username','$upass'.'$fname','$lname','$hphone','" > >."$haddress','$hcity','$hstate','$hcountry','$hemail','$utype');" >; >if(!mysql_query($query)) { > $errMsg="Failed Query: $query<br>\n".mysql_errno()." : >".mysql_error(); > die($errMsg); >} > > > >Your sanity will be safe. > >--------------------- >Johnny Withers >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >p. 601.853.0211 >c. 601.209.4985 > >-----Original Message----- >From: Curtis Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:39 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: persistant insert trouble > > >"INSERT INTO duser (username, upass, fname, lname, hphone, haddress, >hcity, >hstate, hcountry, hemail, utype) VALUES >('$username','$upass'.'$fname','$lname','$hphone','$haddress','$hcity',' >$hstate','$hcountry','$hemail','$utype')" > >this is an insert statement that works fine in the console, but not from >a >web document, I can update, and remove rows just fine using either >method. > >Can anybody see a problem with this statement, I fear I have been >staring >and cursing at it too long to discover a problem on my own! > >I'm not sure if it matters here or not but I'm using win32, PHP4 and the > >latest mySQL binary distro. > >Thank you in advance >(C: > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php