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From: Pyran Firebrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:32 PM
Subject: [PHP-DB] PHP/mySQL and INSERT statements
> Hello...
>
> I'm trying to enter a fair amount of text into a mySQL database from
> textfiles using PHP. I'm having some problems, and I hope someone can
help
> me. The table looks like this:
>
> Name : rants
> id : int auto_increment
> date : varchar(8)
> category: char(1)
> title : varchar(75)
> rtext : text
[snip]
> // Write out everything that we have.
> echo "Date: $date<br>\nTitle: $title<br>\nType:
> $type<br>\nText:<br>\n$text";
>
> $query = "INSERT INTO rants VALUES (1, '$date', '$type', '$title',
> '$text')";
> mysql_db_query($query, $db_link) or die ("<br>Problem!");
> }
[snip]
> When I try to execute this, it doesn't add anything into the database, and
> prints out "Problem!". I have absolutely no idea why. Can someone give
me
> some direction here? I would be eternally grateful for it.
Try this:
$query = "INSERT INTO rants VALUES (NULL, '$date', '$type', '$title',
'$text')";
You shouldn't specify a value for a field if it is auto-increment.
hth
--
Jason Wong
Gremlins Associates
www.gremlins.com.hk
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