> // connected to the database successfully and running this query:
> {
> mysql_query.........etc
> $r=select max(cno)+1 from customer;
> insert into customer values($r,'$name');
> }
> print("Your customer number is: $r");
>
> what do you think? And will this return the correct values if 2 people
> submitted the form at the same time?

Nope...it'll mess up. You want to make that column an auto_incrementing
column (assuming MySQL) that way you are guaranteed unique values.

---John Holmes...


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