Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/14/08 19:20

sixstringsin@yahoo.co.in wrote:
> On Jan 14, 11:31 pm, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> .oO(sixstring...@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($tc_array);
>>
>> show?
>>
>> Micha
>
> thanks a lot for the help. Indeed var_dump($tc_array)
> prints:bool(false). So is it that the mysql query is going wrong?
>

No, it just means the request didn't return any rows.

echo your $mask_query to see if it contains what you think it does.

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