The default for limit starts at one, so you don't need the two variables. My issue is with the variables not putting their value in.
Thanks -Rich -----Original Message----- From: Isidor Stankov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:56 PM To: ReClMaples Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Can someone help me out? error is in $limit !!! you need to limit by two variables, starting and how many entities you want to get, for exampe LIMIT '$beggining', '$howmany' Best regards Isidor stankov ----- Original Message ----- From: "ReClMaples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP" <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:04 AM Subject: [PHP-DB] Can someone help me out? >I am having a problem getting a sql statement to run. > > I have this in a table called stat_categories, in a field called sql2 > > select a.name,a.position,a.team,sum(b.yards) as Results from player > a,passing b > where > a.player_num = b.player_num > and a.position = '$pos' > and b.year >= '$year' > group by a.name > order by Results desc > limit '$display' > > when I try to display this I get this error: > > You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to > your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''$display'' at > line 8 > > I tried removing the ''s but this didn't help. > > If I put in the sql instead of the variable, it works fine. What am I > doing > wrong? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > -Rich > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
