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Posted by Vic Spainhower on 10/02/05 06:07
Thanks Gordon,
The following code seems to work fine ....
$query = "SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()";
$result = mysql_query($query);
if ($result) {
$nrows = mysql_num_rows($result);
$row = mysql_fetch_row($result);
$lastID = $row[0];
$_SESSION["entryID"] = $lastID;
}
Vic
"Gordon Burditt" <gordonb.f5slx@burditt.org> wrote in message
news:11jti809ho0re4d@corp.supernews.com...
> >I am trying to get the value of the Auto-Incremented key that was
> >assigned
>>using LAST_INSERT_ID(). However, when I execute the following PHP
>>statements
>>after the insert I only get: "value of entryID: Resource id #7" after
>>EVERY
>>insert (it never changes).
>
> The return value of mysql_query is *NOT* the value for last_insert_id().
> Fetch a row (e.g. using mysql_fetch_row) and then look at the column
> you want, and *thats* the value you are looking for.
>
>>..............................
>>$_SESSION["entryID"] = (mysql_query ('SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() FROM
>>tblShowEntries'));
>>
>>$entryID = $_SESSION["entryID"];
>>echo "value of entryID: $entryID";
>
> Gordon L. Burditt
>
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