Jens, A database does have a structure. The order in which the columns/fields are defined is their numeric order. Second, mysql_fetch_row() will accomplish what he needs. Third, we answered this yesterday.
-----Original Message----- From: Jens Lehmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: accessing a mysql column by number > Is there a way to access a column in Mysql just by using a number? Please refer to the MySQL-Documentation. A database doesn't have any predefined structure, so you're responsible for doing this. Can you explain why you need this "feature"? > Like if you had three columns called "column1", "column2", and > "column3" and I wanted to access column3 just by using the number 3 This could simply be done by using prefixes: $col = $prefix.$number Jens -- 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