That is the function I was looking for. Thanks. Ron
On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 23:47 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Try:
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>mysql_query("INSERT INTO table VALUES ('$variable_1', '$variable_2');");
> $auto_increment_variable = mysql_insert_id();
> ?>
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> -TG
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:08, Ron Piggott (PHP) wrote:
> I have various tables where a column is set to auto_increment in my
> table structure. I have been using the following INSERT query format:
>
> INSERT INTO table VALUES ('$auto_increment_variable','$variable_1',
> '$variable_2')
>
> and then in
I have various tables where a column is set to auto_increment in my
table structure. I have been using the following INSERT query format:
INSERT INTO table VALUES ('$auto_increment_variable','$variable_1',
'$variable_2')
and then in applications where I have needed to know the value of the
$aut
Flint Million wrote:
Good idea. OK so I'll create a new database with subject ID's. Now,
back in
the primary database, how can I have multiple subjects assigned to one
book?
Let's say I repeat my above example and we assign "Nonfiction" to 1,
"Technology" to 4, and "Linux" to 5. I know I might
Yes you're on the right track
Easiest practical way is as follows:
Your book listing table has a field named say: "subject_id"
Which is just a SMALLINT UNSIGNED column or something, that allows up to
2^16 sized integers, more than I think should be sufficient for a huge
list of subjects, an
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Flint Million wrote:
> Good idea. OK so I'll create a new database with subject ID's. Now, back in
> the primary database, how can I have multiple subjects assigned to one book?
> Let's say I repeat my above example and we assign "Nonfiction" to 1,
> "
Flint Million wrote:
> Now I want to be able to do a subject listing as well as a search. For
> example, if I asked for a lsit of all subjects, I want something like:
> Nonfiction (2)
> PHP (1)
> Technology (2)
> Computers (1)
> Programming (1)
> History (1)
> Linux (1)
>
In database design, I'd
Hi,
I'm designing a PHP/MySQL site to manage a collection of books. I have so
far created the table and inserted some of the data, and created a web
interface to access that data. I have a couple of things I'd like to do
though, if anyone has ideas.
Firstly, I want to do subject searches. For exam
