""Ney andré de mello zunino"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the quick response, but I am not sure I understand your
> argument. Yes, I am aware that the function returns an array
> corresponding to a single row/record; what I don't understand is why I
> am not able to apply a key directly to that "temporary" return value. In
> other words, it is necessary to "copy" the resulting row into a new
> variable so that it is then possible to use the column name (key) to
> retrieve the desired value.
Why don't you use :
<?php
list ($fooVar) = mysql_fetch_row(mysql_query("SELECT barColumn FROM
table_name WHERE id = 1"));
?>
This will do exactly what you need, if I understand you correctly.
HTH,
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Ivo Fokkema
PHP & MySQL programmer
Leiden University Medical Centre
Netherlands
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