I think I've fixed it but in an odd way. Apparently I was getting error 1046: no database seleted. So I ran mysql_db_query and that worked. But on the other pages I have, mysql_query always works. I have a function called connect() that I run on every page:
function connect() { global $DB_SERVER, $DB_LOGIN, $DB_PASSWORD; if (@mysql_pconnect($DB_SERVER, $DB_LOGIN, $DB_PASSWORD)) { return 1; } else header("Location: blahblahblah"); } This should establish a permanent connection to the database server. Is there a way to permanatly select a certain database? Pat -----Original Message----- From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 3:20 PM To: Pat Hanna; php help Subject: RE: [PHP] Strange coding bug [snip] $query="SELECT * FROM products WHERE stock_number = '$item_number'"; $result=mysql_query($query); $row=mysql_fetch_array($result); When I do 'echo $result;' on the first page, I get the result number. [/snip] If you echo $result; with this code all you should get back is 'array' ($result is an array) Do this print_r($row) and see what happens. P.S. Attachements are stripped on the way to the list usually, so post the relevant small bits of code in your e-mail. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php