Hi Brian,
Are you using MySQL? If so, you can use the function mysql_insert_id().
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-insert-id.php
That will give you the last id inserted by MySQL which you can use in the
address table.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Weisenthal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:53 AM
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> Subject: [PHP-DB] simple database question
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>
> ok this should be an easy one, i am just blanking on it here.
>
> i want to link two tables together, a user table and address
> table. i create
> the user entry first, then create the address entry. after
> creating the
> address entry how do i get the auto_id that was entered in to
> enter it into
> the user table? there is no unique field in the address
> table. any ideas?
>
>
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