How are you passing the name through?? If using a form to do it then just use the $_POST[name] or $_GET[name] in the logfile. You have to have the name pull in the previous page, just pass it through:
<input type="hidden" name="delete_record_name" value="selection_1"> or: <a href="delete.php?delete_record_name=selection_1 next page: if (!$_GET[delete_record_name]) $del_name = $_POST[delete_record_name]; else $del_name = $_GET[delete_record_name]; $delete_item = "delete from db where name = '$del_name'"; mysql_query($delete_item) or die(mysql_error()); HTH, Robert > got it will try that instead.. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John W. Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Andy B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 8:23 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] creating log files out of a delete statement > > >> Andy B wrote: >> >> > i have a section of a website that deletes records from a mysql >> table... >> > right now all the query is is a delete statement but i need to make a > "log >> > file" in this format: >> > current time::username who executed delete:: deleted(name of > record)::delete >> > completed >> > or delete failed depending on what happened... i can do all of the log >> > except dont exactly know how to extract the "Name" field of the >> deleted >> > record before it actually gets dumped.. that way i can use it on the > log... >> >> There's no way to extract it from the DELETE. You'll have to do a SELECT >> with the same parameters that you're going to do the DELETE with. Grab >> your data with the SELECT then execute the DELETE. >> >> -- >> ---John Holmes... >> >> Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/o/registry/3BEXC84AB3A5E/ >> >> php|architect: The Magazine for PHP Professionals – www.phparch.com >> >> > > -- > 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
