I knew I had to be over thinking it.... thanks for the reminder about the LIMIT. Problem solved.
Thanks, Steve. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Jamison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Steve Osborne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:58 AM Subject: RE: SELECT'ing only 1st matching row > Tack on a "LIMIT 1" on the end of your query to limit the returned rows to > 1. > > Reference: > http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/E/SELECT.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Osborne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:47 PM > To: MySQL (E-mail) > Subject: SELECT'ing only 1st matching row > > > Is there a way to SELECT only the first matching row of a query? I would > like to allow the registration of identical products (unique serial numbers > / owned by one user), without the user having to re-enter all their data. > I've set up a page that allows them to just enter their login info (username > and password) and the serial number of the product they want to register. > What I need to do is grab their product preferences to be duplicated in the > new record, however is they have more than one registered product, it throws > off my plan. I only need one record to get the values that I need. (I know > that duplicating values is not proper database form, however I need to allow > the user to change their preferences on each owned product.) > > Any advice, > > Steve Osborne > Database Programmer > Chinook Multimedia Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
