Don't think that was the question...? Ian Ferger wrote:
> $table = "some_junk"; > $resultset=mysql_query("select blah ,blah from $table"); > > "Russ Michell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:SIMEON.10112131209.A@k1c. anglia.ac.uk... > > Hi there everyone: > > > > I have a genericphp/MySQL search+retrival mechanism. Generic in that it > takes table names, > > fieldnames and fieldtypes as form lables and element names. However, > because of this I cannot > > hard-code my SQL queries as they need to be as generic (univerally useful) > as possible. > > > > I therefore have a lot of "SELECT * FROM <table_name>..." queries. However > I would like to be able > > to specify a particular column ('modified') to appear under specific > circumstances, somewhere along > > the lines of: "SELECT *,!modified FROM <table_name> .." I scanned TFM and > couldn't find anything > > specific to my problem. I have an incling this may not be as easy as I > think, so does anyone know > > of a bodge,kludge or workaround?? > > > > Thanks for your time. > > Russ > > > > #-------------------------------------------------------# > > > > "Believe nothing - consider everything" > > > > Russ Michell > > Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam > > Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge > > > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam > > > > www.theruss.com > > > > #-------------------------------------------------------# > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------- Dan Barton Terrestrial Program Biologist Asst. Data Manager Point Reyes Bird Observatory http://www.prbo.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]