Ok i tried this.. and i didn't get any error listed.. so it seems that the mySQL Query is not failing in syntax or logic.. but it's not picking up any rows. Which is really stupid because i used my phpmyadmin and i ran this SQL Query there and even then i got my results..
--- Chris Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 13:37 9-3-2003, you wrote: > >I want to display the first 3 words of my record in > >the my table and following is the code i'm using. > >When i use the SQL Query in mySQL.. it works > great.. > >but when i try to implement it in my php page.. i'm > >not getting anything.. no error, no display, no > >result.. just blank.. why? > > i don't know what's wrog but you could do some quick > debugging > by echoing mysql_error() when the query fails. > ($result=mysql_query(.....) or die ('<br>Query > failed at'.__FILE__.' line > '.__LINE__.' and mysql says:<br>'.mysql_error()); > > ><?php > > > >$db = mysql_connect("localhost","user","pass"); > >mysql_select_db("mydb",$db); > > > >$result = mysql_query("SELECT > substring_index(title, ' > >', 3) from news order by ID desc limit 4",$db); > >if ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > > do { > check whether there are some results walked through > by doing something > silly like echo '*'; here. > > > > echo(" $myrow[title] "); > > } while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)); > >} > >?> > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php