Re: Really stuck: DBI, mysqlPP.

2002-12-31 Thread Jenda Krynicky
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Craig Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Really stuck: DBI, mysqlPP. Date sent: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:48:44 - > Ok, firstly - I don't believe this is a mysql issue as I have a > working server whic

RE: Really stuck: DBI, mysqlPP.

2002-12-31 Thread Dan Muey
I have this in a working script runs no problem at all. Mysql version 3.26 I think. Do you verify that that the query was executed? If the query gets bad then it will never get to your while loop. You could use DBI->trace to see what's going on. $query = "DESCRIBE $existing_table_name";

Re: Really stuck: DBI, mysqlPP.

2002-12-31 Thread Craig Williams
Hi, Ok, I tried what you suggested below and upgraded mysql to the latest version 3.23.54(stable) and still get no results. To verify the statements do run, I changed the query to Select * from tablex and that works fine also added the die statements, no errors. thanks Craig "Dan Muey" <[

Re: Really stuck: DBI, mysqlPP.

2002-12-31 Thread Craig Williams
Thank You! That worked. I had tried the {NAME} option before but I thought it returned a reference to the result array and so de-referenced it first, probably breaking it ;-) Regards, Craig "Jenda Krynicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 3E11A19B.15415.363C20E1@localhost">news:3E11A19B.

Re: Really stuck: DBI, mysqlPP.

2002-12-31 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: "Craig Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That worked. I had tried the {NAME} option before but I thought it > returned a reference to the result array and so de-referenced it > first, probably breaking it ;-) But the $sth->{NAME} is a reference to an array. How did you derefe

Re: Really stuck: DBI, mysqlPP.

2002-12-31 Thread Craig Williams
hehe ok, partly right. I did; @$fields = $sth->{NAME}; Craig "Jenda Krynicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 3E11CE1A.16361.36E9ED7D@localhost">news:3E11CE1A.16361.36E9ED7D@localhost... > From: "Craig Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > That worked. I had tried the {NAME} optio