So show us the print out when you printed $sql. I'm certain it did not look like: select lead.lead_id, lead.firstname, lead.lastname, lead_support_1.plusfour from lead left join lead_support_1 on lead.lead_support_id = lead_support_1_id
But rather, it was in one log string. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Kinder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:33 PM To: Rick Emery; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] nysql_query confusing selects for inserts? Yes, I copied it verbatium and copied it right from the HTML source into this email. On Thursday 03 January 2002 11:22 am, Rick Emery wrote: > Have you actually print out $sql before its execution then > copied-and-pasted it to the MYSQL command line. > Or are you assuming that because you typed it into the MYSQL command line, > then it must be correct? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Kinder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-DB] nysql_query confusing selects for inserts? > > > This is extremely annoying. For some reason, mysql_query seems to be > confusing my left join for an insert or update. The reason being, that the > query runs fine, but the result isn't usable. Here's the example code. > Table > > definitions are below if that helps. > > $err = 0; > // $result = mysql_query("select * from lead"); > $result = mysql_query($sql) || $err = 1; > > if ($err || !$result) { > print "<h3>SQL Error</h3>\n"; > print "<pre>" . mysql_error() . "</pre>\n"; > } else { > print "<h3>Result Sample</h3>\n"; > print "<table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 class=entry>\n"; > $c = 0; > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > > As you can see, I both check for $result being untrue, and I use the || > operator to catch execution failures. $result seems to be simply equal to > 1. > > On the last line, I get: > > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in > /home/ken/Projects/leadmgr/query_leads_step1.php on line 95 > > But the query itself doesn't seem to fall, or the print "<h3>SQL > Error</h3>" > > would print. > > The query I'm trying is: > > select > lead.lead_id, > lead.firstname, > lead.lastname, > lead_support_1.plusfour > from > lead > left join lead_support_1 on lead.lead_support_id = lead_support_1_id > > which works fine on the MySQL command line. Here are the create > definitions: > > CREATE TABLE `lead` ( > `lead_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, > `lead_import_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', > `lead_source_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', > `firstname` varchar(50) default NULL, > `lastname` varchar(50) default NULL, > `phone` varchar(35) default NULL, > `fax` varchar(35) default NULL, > `alt_phone` varchar(35) default NULL, > `address1` varchar(100) default NULL, > `address2` varchar(100) default NULL, > `city` varchar(100) default NULL, > `state` char(2) default NULL, > `zip` varchar(25) default NULL, > `country` varchar(50) default NULL, > `email` varchar(255) default NULL, > `other_unique_num` int(11) default NULL, > `lead_field_set_id` int(11) default NULL, > `lead_support_id` int(11) default NULL, > PRIMARY KEY (`lead_id`), > UNIQUE KEY `other_unique_num` (`other_unique_num`,`lead_source_id`) > ) TYPE=MyISAM > > Now for lead_support_1: > > CREATE TABLE `lead_support_1` ( > `lead_support_1_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, > `purchase_value` float default NULL, > `mortgage_value` float default NULL, > `carrier_route` varchar(4) default NULL, > `condo_code` char(1) default NULL, > `publish_date` date default NULL, > `area_code` char(3) default NULL, > `grantee_name` varchar(26) default NULL, > `typedoc` char(1) default NULL, > `delivery_point` char(2) default NULL, > `check_digit` char(1) default NULL, > `sale_type` char(1) default NULL, > `loan_type` char(1) default NULL, > `rate_type` char(1) default NULL, > `plusfour` varchar(4) default NULL, > `sale_date` date default NULL, > `lender_name` varchar(25) default NULL, > `country_code` char(3) default NULL, > `record_type` char(1) default NULL, > `spouse_indicator` char(1) default NULL, > `client_key` varchar(4) default NULL, > `serial_number` varchar(8) default NULL, > `line_of_travel` varchar(6) default NULL, > `job_number` varchar(8) default NULL, > `y2k_publish_date` date default NULL, > `y2k_sale_date` date default NULL, > PRIMARY KEY (`lead_support_1_id`) > ) TYPE=MyISAM > > PHP Version: php-4.0.6-7 RPM with RH 7.2 > MySQL Version: mysql Ver 11.15 Distrib 3.23.44, for pc-linux-gnu (i686) -- 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]