Re: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-14 Thread Richard Lynch
On Wed, February 14, 2007 11:34 am, Bill Guion wrote: > At 6:22 PM -0600 2/13/07, Richard Lynch wrote: > >> >>The most efficient way is "Don't do that." :-) >> >>Simply loop through the results and do whatever you want to do with >>them, and don't put them into an array at all. >> >>This question h

Re: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-14 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, February 13, 2007 8:22 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 18:22 -0600, Richard Lynch wrote: >> #2 >> loop through mysql result set to build $array >> perform some kind of calculation upon $array >> >> In this case, it's USUALLY much more efficient to write an SQL query >> to

RE: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-14 Thread Brad Fuller
> > How about scenario #3: I wish to output my data in (for example) > > three columns, as a phone book does. To make the example simple, > > assume 15 data points. I wish the output to look like > > > > 1 611 > > 2 712 > > 3 813 > > 4 914 > >

Re: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-14 Thread Jochem Maas
Bill Guion wrote: > At 6:22 PM -0600 2/13/07, Richard Lynch wrote: > >> >> The most efficient way is "Don't do that." :-) >> >> Simply loop through the results and do whatever you want to do with >> them, and don't put them into an array at all. >> >> This question has appeared before, and usually

RE: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-14 Thread Kristen G. Thorson
> -Original Message- > From: Bill Guion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:35 PM > To: PHP-General > Subject: Re: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array > > At 6:22 PM -0600 2/13/07, Richard Lynch wrote: > > > > >

Re: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-14 Thread Bill Guion
At 6:22 PM -0600 2/13/07, Richard Lynch wrote: The most efficient way is "Don't do that." :-) Simply loop through the results and do whatever you want to do with them, and don't put them into an array at all. This question has appeared before, and usually breaks down to one of these scenarios

Re: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-13 Thread Robert Cummings
On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 18:22 -0600, Richard Lynch wrote: > #2 > loop through mysql result set to build $array > perform some kind of calculation upon $array > > In this case, it's USUALLY much more efficient to write an SQL query > to perform the calculation. > > Databases are highly optimized for

Re: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-13 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2007-02-13 17:43:10 -0700: > Richard Lynch wrote: > >The most efficient way is "Don't do that." :-) > > > >Simply loop through the results and do whatever you want to do with > >them, and don't put them into an array at all. > > This makes perfect sense. > > However, I am cu

Re: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-13 Thread Skip Evans
Richard Lynch wrote: The most efficient way is "Don't do that." :-) Simply loop through the results and do whatever you want to do with them, and don't put them into an array at all. This makes perfect sense. However, I am currently writing an abstraction layer for a project that will later

Re: [PHP] Getting mysql_query results into an array

2007-02-13 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, February 13, 2007 5:34 pm, Skip Evans wrote: > I read on php.net about resources, the type > returned from mysql_query(), and was trying locate > the best way to get the result set back from a > query into an array. > > Is simply looping through the result set with > mysql_fetch_assoc() the