> -----Original Message-----
> From: SpyProductions Support Team [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:57 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] while loop- will this work?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Should this work?

Nope...because the value returned by mysql_query() isn't the number of
rows returned by the query...it's a pointer to the result set (which
could be empty).
 
> $f1 = rand(999,99999999999);
> 
>       while($check_sid = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM 
> that_table WHERE this =
> '$f1'")){
> 
>       $f1 = rand(999,99999999999);
> 
> }

You'll want something more like...

  do {
    $f1 = rand(999,99999999);
    $check_sid = mysql_query("SELECT * from that_table WHERE
this='$f1'"));
  } while (mysql_num_rows($check_sid))


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