$age_result = mysql_query("select AVG(age) as avgage FROM bat_rost WHERE ownerID = '$teamID'"); $row = mysql_fetch_row($age_result); $average_age=$row[0]; echo "Average age of ".$teamID." is ".$average_age; or $age_result = mysql_query("select AVG(age) as avgage FROM bat_rost WHERE ownerID = '$teamID'"); $row = mysql_fetch_array($age_result); $average_age=$row["avgage"]; echo "Average age of ".$teamID." is ".$average_age; read the php manual pages on stuff like mysql_fetch_row and mysql_fetch_array etc. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 10 July 2001 16:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Average of column... > > > This doesn't work: > > $age_result = mysql_query("select AVG(age) as avgage FROM > bat_rost WHERE > ownerID = '$teamID'"); > $row = mysql_fetch_object($age_result); > $age=$avgage; > echo "Average age - ".$teamID.$avgage; > > Neither does this: > > $age_result = mysql_query("select AVG(age) as avgage FROM > bat_rost WHERE > ownerID = '$teamID'"); > $res = mysql_fetch_row($age_result) > $age=$res[0]; > echo "Average age - ".$teamID.$avgage; > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Remo Pini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:41 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Average of column... > > > > > > if you do a > > > > $res = mysql_fetch_row($age_result) > > > > $res[0] will be the value of AVG(age). > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jeff Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 5:27 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [PHP] Average of column... > > > > > > > > > I am trying to obtain the average age for a few teams in > my database. > > > > > > Am using the below code: > > > > > > $age_result = mysql_query("select AVG(age) FROM bat_rost > WHERE ownerID = > > > '$teamID'"); > > > while(($row = mysql_fetch_object($age_result))){ > > > $age=$row->age; > > > echo "Average age - ".$teamID.$age;} > > > > > > How can I get the average age from this? > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]