that doesn't work
"Jason Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > On Thursday 07 February 2002 02:16, Todd Williamsen wrote: > > I have done a search page based on a specific column name, but in some > > columns there is no results to be returned.. > > > > What I would like to do is display an error message stating that there is > > no results .. something like "Sorry your search returned Zero Rows" > > ============================================================= > > Here is my code: > > > > <? > > $connection = @mysql_connect($databaseserver, $databaseuser, $databasepass) > > or die("Can't connect to DB"); > > $db = @mysql_select_db($databasename, $connection) or die("could not select > > DB"); > > $sql = "SELECT id, FirstName, LastName FROM Canidate WHERE Industry = > > \"$Industry\""; > > $result = @mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die("could not execute > > query"); > > > > $contact_list = "<ul>"; > > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > > $FOUND_SOMETHING = 1; > > > $id = $row["id"]; > > $FirstName = $row["FirstName"]; > > $LastName = $row["LastName"]; > > $contact_list .="<li><a href=\"show_can.php?id=$id\">$LastName, > > $FirstName</a>"; > > } > > $contact_list .="</ul>"; > > $msg = "<font face=\"arial\"><p align=\"center\">Sorry, Your Search Results > > Returned Zero Records</p></font>"; > > ?> > > > > <html> > > <head> > > <title>Your Search Results</title> > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > > </head> > > > > <body> > > <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Your Search > > Results > > for <b> " > > <? echo "$Industry"; ?> > > " </b></u></font></p> > > ========================== this is the code block that is stumping me > > <? > > if ($FOUND_SOMETHING) { > echo "$contact_list"; } > else { > echo "$msg"; > > } > > ?> > > ================================ > > <p align="center"><a href="admin.htm"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, > > sans-serif">Go > > Back to Main Menu</font></a></P> > > > > </body> > > ============================================================== > > > hth > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk > > /* > Lonely is a man without love. > -- Englebert Humperdinck > */ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
