Re: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null"

2001-03-15 Thread NHans
Assuming that column MY_TABLE.MY_NUMERIC_FIELD allows NULLs: INSERT INTO MY_TABLE (MY_NUMERIC_FIELD, MY_OTHER_FIELD) VALUES ('', 'some_other_value') will insert a 0 into the column MY_NUMERIC_FIELD in MySQL and many other databases. To insert NULL, the SQL must read INSERT INTO MY_TABLE (MY_NUME

Re: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null"

2001-03-15 Thread Web master
all. > > Kirk > >> -Original Message- >> From: Michael Conley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:01 PM >> To: 'Chris Lee'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null" >&g

RE: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null"

2001-03-15 Thread Michael Conley
The default value is null in the database. -Original Message- From: Johnson, Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null" You may want to check the field definitions

RE: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null"

2001-03-15 Thread Johnson, Kirk
t; From: Michael Conley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:01 PM > To: 'Chris Lee'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null" > > > So how do I get the PHP script that stores the information in

RE: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null"

2001-03-15 Thread Michael Conley
;s for the fields that are not filled in. -Original Message- From: Chris Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 8:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null" null is a bad idea. if a value is set to null in a ta

Re: [PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null"

2001-03-15 Thread Chris Lee
null is a bad idea. if a value is set to null in a table then that variable will not be set. namephonefaxemail chris lee37710955541120NULL $result['name'] is 'chris lee' $result['phone'] is '3771095'; $result['fax'] is '5541120'; $result['email'] is an un

[PHP] Variable value doesn't stay "Null"

2001-03-15 Thread Michael Conley
I put up an HTML page that allows a user to modify some previously entered information. The information is taken from a MySQL database and displayed on the page. The user can leave the data alone or modify it. If there is no information in the database for one of the fields, the input box is em