MAX(id) [message #177254] |
Thu, 01 March 2012 18:30 |
cerr
Messages: 33 Registered: September 2010
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Hi,
I have a query to figure out the max ID in a table. The code looks
like this:
$subquery = "SELECT MAX(id) FROM `xymply_markers`";
if (!$subresult = mysql_query($query)){
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}
if($max = mysql_fetch_array($subresult)){
var_dump($max);
}
Now this query gives me a nice result in phpMyAdmin but here I get a
sh*tload of data from my var_dump(), why is that?
How do I correctly read out the highest id number?
Thank you!
Ron
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Re: MAX(id) [message #177255 is a reply to message #177254] |
Thu, 01 March 2012 18:38 |
Michael Fesser
Messages: 215 Registered: September 2010
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.oO(cerr)
> I have a query to figure out the max ID in a table. The code looks
> like this:
> $subquery = "SELECT MAX(id) FROM `xymply_markers`";
> if (!$subresult = mysql_query($query)){
> die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
> }
> if($max = mysql_fetch_array($subresult)){
> var_dump($max);
> }
> Now this query gives me a nice result in phpMyAdmin but here I get a
> sh*tload of data from my var_dump(), why is that?
What is a "sh*tload" of data? How much and what do you get?
From your usage of mysql_fetch_array() I would expect an array with two
elements as the result.
> How do I correctly read out the highest id number?
See the manual for how to control what mysql_fetch_array() returns.
Or use another mysql_fetch_* function.
Micha
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Re: MAX(id) [message #177256 is a reply to message #177255] |
Thu, 01 March 2012 19:01 |
cerr
Messages: 33 Registered: September 2010
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On Mar 1, 10:38 am, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de> wrote:
> .oO(cerr)
>
>> I have a query to figure out the max ID in a table. The code looks
>> like this:
>> $subquery = "SELECT MAX(id) FROM `xymply_markers`";
>> if (!$subresult = mysql_query($query)){
>> die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
>> }
>> if($max = mysql_fetch_array($subresult)){
>> var_dump($max);
>> }
>> Now this query gives me a nice result in phpMyAdmin but here I get a
>> sh*tload of data from my var_dump(), why is that?
>
> What is a "sh*tload" of data? How much and what do you get?
>
> From your usage of mysql_fetch_array() I would expect an array with two
> elements as the result.
That's what I would have expected too...
>
>> How do I correctly read out the highest id number?
>
> See the manual for how to control what mysql_fetch_array() returns.
> Or use another mysql_fetch_* function.
Yep,
my bad. Figured it out...
Thanks for your time anyways!
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cerr
www.inetgate.ca
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