meant ot post this to the list .. .
> i tried this. but it appears if($result) always returns true . . .(or
maybe
> i am crazy but mine seemsed to. of course unless there is error.
>
> but i did find a function who i am open to better suggestions because it
> seems kine out of the way solution
>
> if(mysql_fetch_array($result))
> {
>
> $mysql_data_seek($result, 0);
>
> while . . . . .
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "olinux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Jon Yaggie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "php-db"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 12:19 AM
> Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] checking for results return from mysql
>
>
> > try this
> >
> > $result = mysql_query($sql_query);
> >
> > if ($result) {
> > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
> > $var_1 = $row['var_1'];
> > $var_2 = $row['var_2'];
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > olinux
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon Yaggie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 1:36 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [PHP-DB] checking for results return from mysql
> >
> >
> > i suppose this much have a simple solution i am missing. but here is
the
> > situation.
> >
> > i want to checkand see if my query returned any results. problem is if
i
> > check liek this -
> > if($results = mysql_fetch_array($result))
> >
> > it appears that a resource is returned regardless. so this is always
> true.
> >
> > the real problem is that i need to find out if something is returned
> without
> > actually accessing the data. because this if statement appears to be
> > calling the first row of result data so later when i use a while loop to
> go
> > through the data i am missing the first result returned.
> >
> > i have tried putting a few other mysql function in the conditional.
maybe
> i
> > am on the wrong path . . would one of the cariable functions like
isset()
> > or soemthing check this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank You,
> >
> > Jon Yaggie
> > www.design-monster.com
> >
> > And they were singing . . .
> >
> > '100 little bugs in the code
> > 100 bugs in the code
> > fix one bug, compile it again
> > 101 little bugs in the code
> >
> > 101 little bugs in the code . . .'
> >
> > And it continued until they reached 0
> >
> >
> >
> >
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