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Posted by strawberry on 11/08/07 22:14
On 8 Nov, 20:45, "Paul Lautman" <paul.laut...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> > "Captain Paralytic" <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:1194534736.193031.304830@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> >> On 8 Nov, 14:13, jc...@lycos.com wrote:
> >>> $query = "SELECT DISTINCT names
> >>> FROM $table
> >>> Order by names";
> >>> $result = mysql_query($query);
>
> >>> In the code above, 'Order by' works very well when not used in
> >>> conjunction with other query-able items but how about when used in
> >>> a query where other possible choices are included? How do I use
> >>> 'Order by' in the query below where it will only act on 'names'
> >>> when "All" is
> >>> selected and otherwise, not really be active during the query as in
> >>> the code below? I'm using PHP to access MySQL. Thanks
>
> >>> $query = "SELECT *
> >>> FROM $table
> >>> WHERE 1 = 1 ";
> >>> if($year != "All") $query .= "and year = '".$year."'";
> >>> if($status != "All") $query .= "and status = '".
> >>> $status."'";
> >>> if($names != "All") $query .= "and names = '".$names."'";
> >>> $result = mysql_query($query);
>
> >> ORDER BY names
>
> > just a note about legibility here...
>
> > $sql[] = "
> > SELECT *
> > FROM " . $table . "
> > WHERE 1 = 1
> > ";
> > if ($year != 'ALL')
> > {
> > $sql[] = " AND year = '" . $year . "'";
> > }
> > if ($status != 'ALL')
> > {
> > $sql[] = " AND status = '" . $status. "'";
> > }
> > if ($names != 'ALL')
> > {
> > $sql[] = " AND names = '" . $names. "'";
> > }
> > $sql = implode("\r\n", $sql);
>
> > that avoide the problem of forgetting to put a space between the if'd
> > conditions/criterion. note, i put the spaces before 'and' simply so
> > that when i go to debug the current sql being run, it echos nice and
> > formatted in the browser.
>
> Please learn to post replies to the correct post. I do not need advise on
> formatting, the OP may do!
Definitely not, but some advice on spelling (and punctuation) wouldn't
go amiss. He he he ;-)
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