Try mysql_result(); in place of that entire while() loop.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-result.php
Also there's no reason for you to use mysql_free_result() unless you're
going to be performing multiple massive SELECTS before the script exits.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schoeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:53 AM
Subject: [PHP] mysql query
> I use the script below to get one value out of a database:
>
> $result = mysql_query("select euro from brandstofprijzen where id=2")
> or die (mysql_error());
> while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
> {
> $euro = $row["euro"];
> }
> mysql_free_result($result);
>
> This is working fine, but is there an easier (less code) way to do
> this?
>
> Thankx
>
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