Hi Rich,

I have SQL query to upadate new data in dbase.
I have follow your script using function check (&$var)to initialize the variable and print these variable's value.

The problem is the page can get and display the updated values BUT dbase does not UPDATE the value. It still store the old value. That mean the update is not successful.

So, what's the problem?

Attach code:

<?php
.....
//Formulate and execute the query
$sql = "UPDATE product SET
    prod_id= '$_POST[prod_id]',
    b_type= '$_POST[b_type]',
    descp=' $_POST[descp]',
    cust_id= '$_POST[cust_id]',
    person= '$_POST[person]',
    mod= '$_POST[mod]'
    WHERE prod_id= '$pro_id'";
....
?>

<?php
....
//query
$sql = "SELECT * FROM product WHERE prod_id = '$prod_id'";
.....

//function

    function check(&$var)
    {
        return (isset($var))? $var :'';
    }

    echo" <br><b>\n".
        " ".check($_POST['prod_id'])."\n".
        " </b>\n".
        " - The product has been updated to the database.\n".
        " <p> </p>\n".
        " <table width='45%' border='1'>\n".
        " <tr>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " <b>Product ID:\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " ".check($_POST['prod_id'])."\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " </tr>\n".
        " <tr>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " <b>Board Type:\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " ".check($_POST['b_type'])."\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " </tr>\n".
        " <tr>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " <b>Description:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp ;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " <td>\n";
?>
             <textarea name='descp' cols='80' rows='5' id='desc'><? echo "".check($_POST['descp'])."\n"; ?></textarea>

<?php
     echo " </td>\n".
        " </tr>\n".
        " <tr>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " <b>Customer ID:\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " ".check($_POST['cust_id'])."\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " </tr>\n".
        " <tr>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " <b>Last Person:\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " ".check($_POST['person'])."\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " </tr>\n".
        " <tr>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " <b>Last Modified:\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " <td>\n".
        " ".check($_POST['mod'])."\n".
        " </td>\n".
        " </tr>\n".
        " </table>\n";


?>

Thanks in advance.

hi

i never worked with dbase, but i think you should have something like mysql has, say you create $sql variable which contains sql query, you have to call mysql_query() to run it against the mysql server...

well, i also suggest you echo the $sql variable to browser's window and see how it looks, then just copy it and run it in dbase or do this (as if it was done in mysql):

$sql = "UPDATE .... SET ....";

if(!mysql_query($sql,$conn))
{
      echo "query could not be executed";
      exit;
}

try doing something like that... :D



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I'd also suggest adding {} around your gobal array variables - as in:

$sql = "UPDATE product SET
    prod_id= '{$_POST[prod_id]}',
    b_type= '{$_POST[b_type]}',
    descp='{$_POST[descp]}',
    cust_id= '{$_POST[cust_id]}',
    person= '{$_POST[person]}',
    mod= '{$_POST[mod]}'
    WHERE prod_id= '$pro_id'";

Only simple types can be referred to within a string. Arrays must be surrounded in {} braces before their values will be retrieved and evaluated.

Dan