I ran the query in PhpMyAdmin. It work fine. It still doesn't work when I try to run it in another script.
Frank wrote: > > Hi, > > it's a great tip to install PhpMyAdmin - or phpPgAdmin for PostgresSQL - > this will only take you at most half an hour even for a newcomer. > > You can then easily test queries, see any error messages and see what > result they have on tables. > > In this case I'd echo out the query > > echo $query = "UPDATE countertable SET CurrDate = '$ndate' WHERE ID = $id" > > and try to cut-and-paste it into the query-field in PhpMyAdmin. > > When you say "nothing happens" you'd probably discover that ID is a > number not matching anything _or_ that $nDate and the field are not > proper date values ;-) > > Hope it helps! > > Frank, U5 > > ~~~~ > PHP work! > > Looking for PHP work over the net? Or would like to try to work in South > East Asia's most exiting place, Bangkok? > Then jump to http://www.u5.com/ and fill out the Developers Form. > We are urgently looking for new people in October 2002 > ~~~~ > > > > At 15:16 2/10/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >> I have the following line in a program I'm working on: >> >> $query = "UPDATE countertable SET CurrDate = '$ndate' WHERE ID = $id" >> >> $ndate is a properly formated date read from a text field on a form on >> the previous page. When I run the query using mysql_query, it returns >> TRUE each time, but the field is not updated. The only explanation I >> can think of is that there is something wrong with the date value. >> I've echoed it to the screen and it looks fine, but the query still >> doesn't work. Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Brad >> >> >> -- >> 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
