Posted by Darko on 11/12/07 19:25

On Nov 12, 8:15 pm, MS <No.Way.J...@No.Spam.Thank.You.com> wrote:
> Jonas Werres emailed this:
>
>
>
> >> "Warning: mysql_affected_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid
> >> MySQL-Link resource in /home/fakeuser/public_html/test/adduser.php on
> >> line 104"
>
> > PHP Manual:
> > For SELECT, SHOW, DESCRIBE, EXPLAIN and other statements returning
> > resultset, mysql_query() returns a resource on success, or FALSE on error.
> > For other type of SQL statements, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP, etc,
> > mysql_query() returns TRUE on success or FALSE on error.
>
> > So: Because TRUE is not a Resource, which is expected.
> > Ha, that was easy.
>
> > Indeed, mysql_affected_rows() does NOT expect the return value of
> > mysql_query(), but the connection resource:
> >http://de2.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-affected-rows.php
>
> > So, to but it in a nutshell: RTFM!
>
> Oh, I'm so sorry! I did RTFM, but *obviously* not very effectively.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Feeling humbled and very sorry.

Well, you shouldn't feel humbled and very sorry, but only sorry.
Don't exaggerate :)

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