This is the code I'm using and I'm a newbie so this is still a lil challenging for me:
$numberquery = mysql_query("SELECT SUM(s.groundballs) AS grounders FROM stats s LEFT JOIN rahs r ON s.name = r.name WHERE (s.position = '$position')"); while($number=mysql_fetch_array($numberquery)){ printf ("Total groundballs for $position: %s</font></td>",$number["grounders"]); } Thanks! -------------------------------------------- -Alex "Big Al" Behrens E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Urgent E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please be brief!) Phone: 651-482-8779 Cell: 651-329-4187 Fax: 651-482-1391 ICQ: 3969599 Owner of the 3D-Unlimited Network: http://www.3d-unlimited.com Send News: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alex Behrens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:45 PM Subject: Re: SELECT frmo two tables > At 20:14 -0600 3/27/02, Alex Behrens wrote: > >hey guys, > > > >this mysql line doesn't seem to work: > > > >SELECT SUM(s.groundballs) AS grounders FROM stats s LEFT JOIN rahs r ON > >s.name = r.name WHERE (s.position = '$position') > > > >why not? is there somethign wrong with my syntax? it says this error: > >"Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource" > > You're leaving out details, namely the surrounding PHP code from within > which you're executing this statement. My guess is that you didn't > check the result from mysql_query() to see whether or not it succeeeded. > Do so, and if it fails, print the value of mysql_error() to see what it > says. > > > > >Thanks! > >-------------------------------------------- > >-Alex "Big Al" Behrens > >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Urgent E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please be brief!) > >Phone: 651-482-8779 > >Cell: 651-329-4187 > >Fax: 651-482-1391 > >ICQ: 3969599 > >Owner of the 3D-Unlimited Network: > >http://www.3d-unlimited.com > >Send News: > >[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