PHP :: Mysql Results - Ordering Them.

Problem With Ordering By DATE In MySQL
I have a mysql DB table with a DATE column. I also have a page which queries the database depending on what selections are made in a form select box.

However, I am having a problem with the SQL statement and keep getting an error. (Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in c:program files
usphereapachesdocsspecialsarchivedisplay.php on line 10) The code is being ported over from a Java Servlet but I thought the SQL statement would be the same. PHP Code:

Ordering Mysql Request By Part Of A Key
I have a database of kennels. One page lists the kennels
alphabetically by kennel name.
I have a field for kennel name and an index with kennel name as
the only field.

Some of the kennels have the word "The" as the first word in the
name and they do not want to be listed alphabetically by "The..."

Is there a way that I can request that mysql ignore "The" in a
kennel name when ordering it or must I create a new field for the
ordering and remove the "The" from the kennel name for that field ?

Forcing Word Wrap/ordering Of Draws From Mysql
A: how do i force when i pull data to a table the text to wrap? and B: how do i control order of how it is displayed when it draws from the DB? (ie 07/25/00 11:45pm showing up at the top then 07/25/00 9:45am showing up after that)what i have right now: Code:

Search Results ($num_rows) Does Not Match $search Results (PHP,MySQL)?
For example, when I do a database search for a term I get 2 results but the $num_rows says there are 3 results.

I suspect it's because there are similar keywords within different search fields of the SQL statement. But I am stumped as to how I can change this. Any Suggestions? the code:

MySQL Results Not Working So Hot
Ok. Here I am again....probably posing a question with a solution so easy that, after looking at it for an hour, I can't figure out. Ok. here's the deal. please review the code below. Looks simple enough, right?

If/then Within MySQL Results List
I want to list job opportunities for a facility. If there are jobs in the database, I can list them without a problem. But if there are no jobs, I'd like to echo a line something like: "No jobs right now, come back later." But I can't get that line to echo. PHP Code:

Mysql Writing Results From 51 To 100
Can someone write me a mysql_query code which will get me results from 51 to 100 from $database?

Don't suggest me working with indexes, because i'm also deleting some rows (for example #1 is filled #2 is not, #3 is...)

Show Next Results Of MySQL DB
How do I get it so that php reads in the first 10 results out of a MySQL database. Then when Next or something is hit it displays the next 10 results and so on.

MySQL Results To Return Only One Value
For example, I have a column that has three different values, 1, 2, & 3. In the database, there may be over 500+ entries with one of these values assigned to it. How can I get MySQL to return just 1, 2, & 3 only once rather than several hundred times.

Hyperlinked MySQL Results W/PHP
I was wondering how results to db querys have attached links to each individual result? I have a good grasp of basic PHP & MySQL, but don't understand how that works. For example, if you have a db of products, all with individual id #, how do you get one product from the query a <ahref>? Could someone explain?

Compiling MySQL Results
Does anyone know how to compare multiple results from a MySQL query? For example, I would like to query the database and collect all the results into a variable (perhaps $totalresults). Then, I would like to use a single statement to compare each of the results within $totalresults to the statement's conditions.

Mysql: How Do I Get The Rowcount Of The Results?
I want to execute some alternate code if the a query produces zero results, but I can't find any info on the web about how to get the number of rows in a mysql result.

Getting Results From MySQL Database In PHP
I am trying to write a php page which connects to a MySQL
Database which is supposed to get the results from a table within a
database and display the results in a table.

Below is the code that I am using:

Limit Mysql Results
I have a script which has a mysql query which returns 20 results - I want to add some validation so if my variable ($var) is empty, it only allows the user to select the first 5 results my code is: -

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM greetingcards_cards WHERE category='$cat' LIMIT $from, $max_results");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
$image = $row['url'];
$cardid = $row['cardid'];
echo "<br><img src="$image" /><br><a href="?function=sendmessage&cardid=$cardid">Pick this card</a><br>";}

I want it so that if the variable is empty, instead of displaying "Pick this card" it displays - "You must register to pick this card" and have a different hyperlink Is this type of validation possible? if so how is it done?

PHP MySQL Order Results
I'm using:

$sql = "SELECT * from $myTable ORDER BY `points` DESC LIMIT 5";
in a whileloop to display the top five scorers but would like to put their position next to the results (eg, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

Is there an easy way to do this?

Convert MySQL Results To XML
I just got Dreamweaver CS3, and I love the built in SPRY framework. It allows you to create web applications that use a table listing, and details listing very quickly. Unfortunately the only data the SPRY framework can accept is XML. Is there a built in function to convert from a $row result from MySQL to XML? Code:

Mysql Results Pagination
I have a php code to split the results of a sql query over pages taht works great... But I need to add some feature, I need to add that if there are more than * pages it shows me "..." instead of the hole numbers of pages.. Code:

Sum All Of My MySQL Integer Results?
I have a bunch of rows, and for each row, the column "rating" has a number from 1-5. I need to add all of these together, so like if there were 3 rows with 5 for rating, it would return 15. If it's possible to do it with an SQL statement, I'll like it to average them.

Splitting MySQL Results
So I have a database, and I want to split the results into 2 columns. I don't want to alternate them, but have the first half in the left column, and the second half in the right column. How can I handle this so that it does it automatically no matter what number of entries (and so that if it's an odd number, the one overflow is on the left).

Ordering By ASC
I am having trouble ordering by ASC.

I made a tagbox, and when it loads up it takes you to the bottom of the page, and it should show the newest comment first, but it doesn't. It shows the first 25 tags then stops...

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM {table} ORDER BY id ASC LIMIT 25");

Ordering From DB
If I have a db for an auction site and I want to display the auctions closing soonest, how do I do this? I know how to code it, just the theory behind it?

MySQL Multiple Tables / Results
I would like to perform multiple queries to a MySQL database and have all
the results in 1 result set.

Parsing PHP Code In MySQL Results Set?
I have a PHP script that pulls content from an MySQL database and returns a result set.

Is there a way I can put PHP code within a field in the database and have that code parsed as PHP code on returning a results set? If possible, I want just one field of the database parsed for PHP code. The results set is return as a straight result, not within a loop. Just inserting the <? PHP code thus ?> returns that as sources code not parsed.

Populating Array With Mysql Results
I'm returning a result set of one field in a table, and want to populate an array with the results. I can't for the life of me figure out a simple way to do this without using mysql_fetch_array() to cycle through the results, append that to a var, then explode that into a var and pass that. PHP Code:

MySql - Outputting Results In Groups
I want to output mysql data by groups (states). However each time php/mysql comes to a new state in the results I want it to print the state name before putting the results. Does php have some sort of memory function to recognize when the state has changed?

Split Mysql Results Into Two Columns
Trying to develop php catalog, but can't split the results into two columns, PHPcode:

Mysql Results Output Problem
I trying to set up some subdomains and I'm at the early stages of just testing the the thing . I have set up a small test DB, with the following fields, company, id, url.

I have also set up a test page to see if the output corresponds with the subdomain name. If the domain exists the result with echo "domain exists" if not it will output "does not exist". But the page just says "does not exist" all the time even though the domains are set up.here's the code:

Exploding Results Of Mysql Query
I have a table with times and dates listed like this:

0000-00-00 00:00:00
2003-09-20 20:26:22
etc
etc

What I want is to query the DB for the field (matchdate) and then get it to explode the ' ' to give jsut the date for me and then put it into a dropdown in a loop. this may sound easy but i too sleepy to work it out and searching aint good.

Store Mysql Results Into An Array
i just started using php. i've used it before as a maintainer. fun stuff. well now i'm the writer. i want to abstract all the DB commands away from myself and all other developers. so i'm writing a function to query the php database from all users of the database and store them into an array as a return value so that i can seperate my database code from my html creation code.

1. is there a way to put all my database functions into a php file and include that file into all my other php pages? similiarly to a #include in C++ or a import package name in Java?

2. my code to run down the fetched results and store them into an array doesn't seem to be working the way i want it to. if i print out the results from the mysql returned fetch the data is fine. however the array seems to print out "Array[elementnumber]" instead of the value. Code:

Mysql Results <-- Previous Row, And Next Row, Showing Next Ok
I query a database and return a result on the column "reference".
There might be 7 listings. Each row is displayed in a table, with
links through to a detail page. I am working on having a "previous"
record and a "next" record link on the detail page.

This code below works, for the "next" record, by searching the values
in the array $myarray for the variable $ref. It then returns the key
value and the key value, as a number, is deducted by one and plus'd by
one to give me the previous row and the next row.

Returning the value of the next row works a treat, but for some reason
the previous row, deduct 1, while it echoes a value to screen, doesn't
work.

This is the code:

(query database and then:)
//$ref is a variable carried into the page

$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result2);

$i=0;
while ($i < $num_rows) {
$next=mysql_result($result2,$i,"reference");

++$i;

$myarray = array("$i"=>"$next");
foreach($myarray as $key=>$value) {
if ($value == "$ref"){

$b=($key);
$c=($key+1);
$a=($key-1);

}}

if ($a == "0") {
echo "No Preceding Record";

} else {
if ($key == "$a") echo "<a
href=../detail/index.php?name=$value>Previous Record</a>";
}

if ($key == "$b") echo "This is the current Record";

if ($num_rows < $c) {
echo "Records End";
} else {
if ($key == "$c") echo "<a href=../detail/index.php?name=$value>Next
Record</a>";
}
}

} else {

JOIN Table Results W/MySQL
I have a query with a simple JOIN.

For example:

SELECT * FROM Companies
INNER JOIN CompanyTypes ON Companies.CompanyID = CompanyTypes.CompanyID

The query returns all fields from both Companies AND CompanyTypes. I would
like all fields from Companies only.

Counting Results From A Mysql Database
I want to know how many results throw a query in order to know if they have reached a limit.I.E.

$sql = mysql_query ("select * from classifieds where user='$username'");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){}

I want to check lets say that only 10 classifieds per 'username' can be created. If ten or more classifieds are in the database for that 'username' then show error message.

Alternating Row Colors With MySQL Results
Is there any way i could make a image for the alternating row colors instead of a strait bold color, for instance:

$color1 = "#CCFFCC";
$color2 = "#BFD8BC";

Would there be anyway to link an image in there? I have tried it this way:

$color1 = "<img src='..style1.jpg'>";
$color2 = "<img src='..style2.jpg'>";

How Can I Arrange Results Alphabetically In MySQL
I am using this code to retrieve names from the databse

$q = "SELECT * FROM
names
ORDER BY date DESC
LIMIT 5;";

How can i arrange names alphabetically

MySQL Query Not Returning All Results
I have a user table in the DB, for example:

+---------+----------------+-------------------+
| uid | username | firstname |
|----------+----------------+------------------+
| 1 | cobby | Andrew |
| 2 | admini | test-account |
+---------+-----------------+------------------+

If, in phpMyAdmin, I query:
SELECT `username` FROM `users`;

It will return results correctly (cobby and admini, respectively).
But if I make a simple PHP script, such as:

<?php

mysql_connect('localhost', 'cobby', 'dbpass');
mysql_select_db('testdb');

$query = mysql_query('SELECT `username` FROM `users`');
print_r(mysql_fetch_assoc($query));

?>

It only returns:
Array ( [username] => admini )

Why does it only return the second result? I have a feeling I'm doing something really silly, but I looked over this test script and its got me stumped.

Mysql Dump Results In Blankfile
I am trying to get my script working to back up a mysql database. Everything works fine only the output results in a blank file. Code:

Merging Results From Two Mysql Databases
I have made two websites on seperate servers both with a database of their own.
They are identical but with different results in the databases. I want to make a page on one of the sites that will merge the information from both databases.

e.g.
site 1 has a list in date order
site 2 has a list in date order

I want site 1 to have the list merged together to form one big list but still be in date order. Also I want to be able to have the results of site 2 in a different font colour to site 1.

i.e.
Site 1 results

10th jan - something
15th jan - something else
19th jan - more

Site 2 results

11th jan - even more
13th jan - some more
16th jan - more stuff

Merged page

10th jan - something
11th jan - even more
13th jan - some more
15th jan - something else
16th jan - more stuff
19th jan - more

can anyone help with this?

Using Arrays With Mysql Query Results
im currently in the process of making a piece of code that will firstly take all the data from a table in mysql and then assign it to an array. This data will consist of several different rows of data each with different infomation for each field in the table.

i want to be able to use an array in a loop so that depending on which number of the loop is on will change the infomation that is assigned to a certain array. Code:

Displaying MySQL Results As URLs
I'm attempting to turn the results of a query into urls, yet I keep getting this error, "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in staff.php on line 190." I've coded and recoded this, yet for some reason I cannot get this error to go away. I know it's probably simple, but what am I missing? Code:

Ordering Before Grouping
In my particular database table, I have many rows which its common element is the `username`, now the most unique and method I wish to order on, is `time` (timestamp). In my code my base query currently is:

SELECT `username` FROM `download_counter` GROUP BY `username` ASC

Which then as expected, on page rows are ordered by username in alphabetical order. What I wish to do is, on page view, rows are ordered by the `time` value. However heres my two problems:

For starters it probably comes to no surprize that when using GROUP BY, the query remembers the first row it comes across and ignores the laters, so if there are three rows, oviously the first one it finds is the earliest of times, which is exact opposite of what I want. My other problem involves my attempt at a query:

SELECT `username` FROM `download_counter` ORDER BY `time` DESC GROUP BY `username`

this brings back:
#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax ... near 'GROUP BY `username`

I guess a ORDER cannot be before a GROUP.

But then what do I do? Is there a way maybe to query all results, then after that preform a GROUP?

Columnar Ordering
lets say i got a table with 2 columns on my database. one column is a unique_id set to auto increment, and the other (we'll call "name") contains:

andy
anne
bob
carry
cj
paul
pete
saul

i've figured out how to print that stuff in a while loop into two column in html like:
PHP Code:

Ordering Numbers.
Say I'm selecting a few numbers from a database...

Example:
12, 80, 100.

// MYSQL
SELECT number FROM db.numbers ORDER BY number ASC;

Results:
100, 12, 80.

How can I get these numbers to display in the proper numerical order: 12, 80, 100?

Ordering An Array
How is the best way to order an array in asc and desc order?

Ordering Range()
how to reverse the order in following script? PHP Code:

Ordering By Date
$query = "SELECT eventid, name, DATE_FORMAT(date, '%d %b %y') AS date, time, type, extra FROM events WHERE type = 'Training' AND date BETWEEN CURDATE() AND DATE_ADD(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 21 DAY) ORDER BY 'date' desc";

This displays any events within the next 21 days, but not quite in the right order!

The outputted result is:
25 Mar 07
24 Mar 07
08 Apr 07
07 Apr 07
06 Apr 07

As you can see the months are in the correct order but how can the days be reversed? eg:
24 Mar 07
25 Mar 07
06 Apr 07
07 Apr 07
08 Apr 07

Ordering Rows By Value
Is it possible to display rows in order of a value within the rows? I need to do this without saying 'order by' in the 'select from' statement. The reason is because i'm using values from my select from statement to work out totals.

Once i've worked out the totals i'm displaying the rows as per the code below. This works fine but I want to display the row containing the smallest $TOTAL_REDUCED value first, with the next highest next, and so on. Code:

Mysql Results - Ordering Them.

i need an mysql query to rank the results, like SELECT field FROM table and to order them greatest to least by the value of a different field.