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

non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread PJ
I want to insert a new table entry 1 number higher than the highest in the field (id). I cannot use auto-increment. And I want to show the value of the field to be added in an input field on the web page: if (isset($_REQUEST[AddNewBooksRequest])) { $SQL = SELECT MAX(id) FROM book;

RE: non-auto increment question

2009-02-25 Thread Gary W. Smith
. From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] Sent: Wed 2/25/2009 2:01 PM To: MySql; php-gene...@lists.php.net Subject: non-auto increment question I want to insert a new table entry 1 number higher than the highest in the field (id). I cannot use auto-increment. And I want to show the value

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

2009-02-25 Thread PJ
the same generated id. Hope that helps. From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] Sent: Wed 2/25/2009 2:01 PM To: MySql; php-gene...@lists.php.net Subject: non-auto increment question I want to insert a new table entry 1 number higher than the highest

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