> -----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)) --- Mark Roedel | "The most overlooked advantage to owning a Systems Programmer | computer is that if they foul up there's no LeTourneau University | law against whacking them around a little." Longview, Texas USA | -- Owen Porterfield -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php