Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-03-11 Thread PJ
Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: >> Jerry Schwartz wrote: >> Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not intermittently. My application is for administr

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Gary W. Smith
> Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that > the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not > intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & > designates) to update the database from and administration directory, > accessed

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Sorry, I should know better. >-Original Message- >From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk] >Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:51 PM >To: Jerry Schwartz >Cc: 'PJ'; 'Gary W. Smith'; 'MySql'; php-gene...@lists.php.net >Su

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread PJ
Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:44 -0500, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > >>> Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): >>> >>> $query = "INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) >>> VALUES('$title','$content')"; >>> $result = mysql_query($query); >>> $autoId = mysql_insert_id($

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>Here's how I mostly do it (albeit simplified): > >$query = "INSERT INTO `sometable`(`title`,`content`) >VALUES('$title','$content')"; >$result = mysql_query($query); >$autoId = mysql_insert_id($result); > >$query = "INSERT INTO `another_table`(`link_id`,`value`) >VALUES($autoId,'$value'); >$result

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>-Original Message- >From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] >Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:27 AM >To: Jerry Schwartz >Cc: a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk; 'Gary W. Smith'; 'MySql'; php- >gene...@lists.php.net >Subject: Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto i

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-26 Thread PJ
Jerry Schwartz wrote: >> Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that >> the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not >> intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & >> designates) to update the database from and administra

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that >the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not >intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & >designates) to update the database from and administration directory, >accessed by us

RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>Being rather new to all this, I understood from the MySql manual that >the auto_increment is to b e used immediately after an insertion not >intermittently. My application is for administrators (the site owner & >designates) to update the database from and administration directory, >accessed by u

Re: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread PJ
Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:10 -0800, Gary W. Smith wrote: >> Not sure that this is the problem BUT you should probably qualify the >> name of the variable such that "SELECT MAX(id) AS id FROM book". But >> you don't want "max(id) as id" but rather "max(id) + 1 as id". With >>