Posted by Michael Fesser on 01/14/08 18:31

..oO(sixstringsin@yahoo.co.in)

>##in the mysql query below, i am selecting a few fields from the masks
>table:-
>
>$mask_query = "SELECT mask_id, mask_name, mask_dynamic FROM masks
>where mask_project = $project_id AND mask_parent = $phase_id";
>
>##next i am storing the return value to a variable (on executing the
>script, I donot get any mysql error so i assume the query ran fine:-
>
>$mask_res = mysql_query($mask_query) or die("can't run query
>[$mask_query]: ".mysql_error());
>
>##now i intend to print the field called mask_name on the browser:-
>
> $tc_array = mysql_fetch_array($mask_res, MYSQL_ASSOC);
> $tc_name = $tc_array["mask_name"];
> print "mask Name:".$tc_array['mask_name'] . " ";
>
>
>##However, what is printed is the string mask Name, followed by a
>blank. The mask_name field from the db is ##not retrieved. Where am i
>going wrong? Appreciate any help!

Make sure that error_reporting is set to E_ALL|E_STRICT in your php.ini
and display_errors is enabled. Do you get any notices when you run the
code? Does the query actually return anything? What does a

var_dump($tc_array);

show?

Micha

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