I was having something similar and solved it by wrapping the column names in parentheses:
select password, 1 as auth from acl where (username='andrewd' and password=MD5(andrewd.madonna)); It might help. or eliminate something if I'm not right. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Necro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 4:09 PM Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL Result Resource > Yep, > > andrewd is the username im trying to get this script to work with, its an > authentication script.. > > The result of echo $arg is the following: > > select password, 1 as auth from acl where username='andrewd' and > password=MD5(andrewd.madonna)1109 : Unknown table 'andrewd' in where clause > > Andrew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miles Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 11 January 2002 3:08 AM > To: Necro; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL Result Resource > > > Can you try this puppy at the MySQL console? I'd dearly love to know where > "andrewd" is coming from, it sounds like your username. > > Before executing mysql_query(), echo $arg and see what it prints. > > This is strange, but better than what we had - Miles Thompson > > At 02:54 AM 1/11/2002 +1100, Necro wrote: > >Ok, > >I have tried a few things now. I finally got it to echo the errors, firstly > >there was still a prob with MD5 values being in the apostrophes. > >Then next error was no db was selected. So i added a mysql_select_db > >statement. > >Now i get this: > > > >1109 : Unknown table 'andrewd' in where clause > > > >andrewd being the username I am trying to get it to accept. > > > >Following lines are the current bit: > > $arg = "select password, 1 as auth from acl where > > username='$username' and > >password=MD5($username.$password)"; > > $result = mysql_query( $arg ) or die(mysql_errno()." : ". > > mysql_error() ); > > $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); > > > >Andrew > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Miles Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Friday, 11 January 2002 2:36 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL Result Resource > > > > > >Break up the code. > > > >I assume you are connecting to the database with mysql_connect() or > >mysql_pconnect(). If not, do that. > > > >Echo your query so that you know it contains valid values. > > > >Break $row = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_db_query( DATABASE, $arg )); > >into > >$result = mysql_query( $arg ) or die(mysql_errno()." : ". mysql_error() ); > >$row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) > >then do whatever processing you need with the array $row. > > > >Miles > > > >PS Just reply to the list, if you reply directly to me I have one more > >message to delete. <g> /mt > > > >At 02:10 AM 1/11/2002 +1100, Necro wrote: > > >Yeh, I notice now the MD5 was wrong. > > > > > >But I still get the same error on line 104. If I try and replace it with > >the > > >current query function then I get two errors. > > > > > >e.g. > > >Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in > > >d:\htdocs\infekt\packages\auth.inc on line 104 > > > > > >Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in > > >d:\htdocs\infekt\packages\auth.inc on line 104 > > > > > >Andrew > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Miles Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Friday, 11 January 2002 2:05 AM > > >To: Necro; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Result Resource > > > > > > > > > > > >The use of the MD5 function in the query doesn't look quite right. > > >Shouldn't it be MD5('$password') or MD5('$username'.'$password') if > > >concatenating? > > > > > >Also, mysql_db_query() has been a deprecated function for some time now, > > >mysql_query() is recommended. > > > > > >Hope this gets you going - Miles Thompson > > > > > >At 01:33 AM 1/11/2002 +1100, Necro wrote: > > > >Lo all, > > > > > > > >Slight problem on an auth script... > > > > > > > > > > > >Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in > > > >d:\htdocs\infekt\packages\auth.inc on line 104 > > > > > > > > > > > >Line 26: define( "DATABASE", "imanager" ); > > > >Line 103: $arg = "select password, 1 as auth from acl where > > > >username='$username' and password=MD5('$username','$password')"; > > > >Line 104: $row = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_db_query( DATABASE, $arg )); > > > > > > > > > > > >Can anyone help get this to work?? > > > > > > > >Thankyou. > > > > > > > >Andrew > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >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] > > > > > >-- > >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] > > > > > >-- > >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] > > > -- > 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] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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