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 administrators (the site

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 administration

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 increment question Jerry Schwartz wrote: Being

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 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); $autoId = mysql_insert_id($result); $query =

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 Subject: RE: [PHP] RE: non-auto increment question On Thu

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 by

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 that you can

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

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