Posted by Richard Lynch on 02/11/05 19:12

Ben Edwards (lists) wrote:
> I have the following code;_
>
> $sql = "select * from text where id = '$id' ";
>
> $row = fetch_row_row( $sql, $db );

You may also wish to consider:
list($img_loc, $text_type, $seq, $rec_type, $section, $code, $repeat,
$description, $text) = fetch_row_row($sql, $db);

This allows you to see more of the code's algorithm (if/else/while)
on-screen.

A good editor should allow you to not "wrap" this line and clutter up your
screen. Or just buy a wider monitor :-)

This is a Religious Issue of Programming :-)

PS Using select * is also dangerous as you never know when somebody will
decide to add a new column in the database somewhere -- possibly one with
a *TON* of data that you don't need. Better to name each field you want.

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