Doesn't work... and I feel totally lost. I don't understand the
pg_fetch_* stuff at all.
One would think that my query should return the text that is in the
field. The database is quite correct and does work with php since it
comes from an older web-site that someone else programmed for me. I'm
using it to practice and learn. :)
Matthias Ritzkowski wrote:
> Try this:
>
> $db = pg_connect("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=med user=med
> password=0tscc71");
>
> if (!$db)
> {
> die("Could not open connection to database server");
> }
>
> // generate and execute a query
> $query = "SELECT description FROM glossary_item WHERE
> name='Alcohol'";
> $result = pg_query($db, $query) or die("Error in query: $query.
> " . pg_last_error($db));
>
> // Print result on screen
> while ($line = pg_fetch_array($result, null, PGSQL_ASSOC)) {
> foreach ($line as $col_value) {
> echo $col_value."<br />";
> }
>
> pg_close($db);
>
>
> The result set is an array, You just need to loop through it. The php
> manual has some nice examples that helped me get started.
> --------------------------------
>
>
> Matthias Ritzkowski
>
>