It's not absurd at all. What is absurd is that you're coding without checking for any error conditions :-)
As a rule of thumb, if a function returns a success flag, check it. it'll immediately cut out about 90% of all "weird" errors. cosmin laslau wrote: > <? > $query = "SELECT * from mytable"; > $result = mysql_db_query("db", $query); > > while ($myarray = mysql_fetch_array($result)) > { > $title = $myarray[title]; > echo "$title<br>"; > } > ?> > > Can someone PLEASE tell me why the coding above gives the following error: > > > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in > /var/web/somesite.com/html/index.php on line 5 > > > It's absurd. It's driving me nuts. I'm about to introduce my computer to > the pavement 40 feet below. > > Thanks in advance for whoever sees what I am sure is a glaring and > obvious flaw in the coding. I've been looking at it for an hours and > just can't get anything from where I'm standing, maybe a different > perpective will help. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php