Posted by mantrid on 10/17/06 13:22

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> mantrid wrote:
>
> > Im using arrays generated from my records displayed in a table on my
site to
> > update the corresponding records in a mysql database ie
> >
> > on the web page
> > col1 col2 col3
> > 1 2 2
> > 1 6
> > 2 7 4
> >
> > which I post to next page as col1array col2array col3array problem is
some
> > of the fields in the site's table are blank
> > so the arrays are not in sync
> >
> > ie
> > col1array col2array col3array
> > 1 2 2
> > 1 7 6
> > 2 4
> >
> > so when I loop through the arrays feeding the values into an update sql
the
> > wrong data is going into the wrong rows in the mysql table ie
> >
> > field1 field2 field3
> > row1 1 2 2
> > row2 1 7 6
> > row3 2 4
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > field1 field2 field3
> > row1 1 2 2
> > row2 1 6
> > row3 2 7 4
> >
> > how do I get the data in the arrays to stay in sync, in otherwords how
can
> > I get the arrays to somehow recognise blanks in the site's table
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ian
>
> depends how your doing your loop, cheaters way: (inside your loop)
> if (empty($val)) {$val = "&nbsp;"}
>
> Flamer.
>


Thanks flamer that allowed a goog quick fix.

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