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iraji
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January 10, 2011
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PHP MySQL SELECT INSERT

  • January 10, 2011
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I have a registration page with a html form. I have created an insert record server behavior that insert all the data into a MySQL database table fine. What I like to do additionally is to insert the data from a single row, actually the last row, into another table in the same mysql database. I have heard of MySQL insert-select but I can't seem to make it work on my own.  Is insert-select possible with Dreamweaver? If not, what should I use?

I appreciate any help

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Anonymous
January 10, 2011

Inserting all data into another table is redundant. You only need to pass the primary key to a new table when necessary and use the JOIN argument in your query to JOIN data from seperate tables for one user.

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irajiAuthor
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January 10, 2011

Sorry if I was misleading. I like to pass the data from 3 columns of the last row of the table to another table.

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bregent
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January 10, 2011

Here's the entire php code but the last part in bold is not working:

<?php require_once('Connections/myConn.php'); ?>

<?php

if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {

function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")

{

  if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {

    $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;

  }

  $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);

  switch ($theType) {

    case "text":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";

      break;   

    case "long":

    case "int":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";

      break;

    case "double":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";

      break;

    case "date":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";

      break;

    case "defined":

      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;

      break;

  }

  return $theValue;

}

}

// *** Redirect if username exists

$MM_flag="MM_insert";

if (isset($_POST[$MM_flag])) {

  $MM_dupKeyRedirect="already-exits.html";

  $loginUsername = $_POST['userName'];

  $LoginRS__query = sprintf("SELECT userName FROM new_members WHERE userName=%s", GetSQLValueString($loginUsername, "text"));

  mysql_select_db($database_myConn, $myConn);

  $LoginRS=mysql_query($LoginRS__query, $myConn) or die(mysql_error());

  $loginFoundUser = mysql_num_rows($LoginRS);

  //if there is a row in the database, the username was found - can not add the requested username

  if($loginFoundUser){

    $MM_qsChar = "?";

    //append the username to the redirect page

    if (substr_count($MM_dupKeyRedirect,"?") >=1) $MM_qsChar = "&";

    $MM_dupKeyRedirect = $MM_dupKeyRedirect . $MM_qsChar ."requsername=".$loginUsername;

    header ("Location: $MM_dupKeyRedirect");

    exit;

  }

}

$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {

  $editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);

}

if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "register")) {

  $insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO new_members (userName, password, confirmPassword, email, confirmEmail, datingSite, notifyMe, agreeToTerms) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",

                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['userName'], "text"),

                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['password'], "text"),

                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['confirmPassword'], "text"),

                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['email'], "text"),

                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['confirmEmail'], "text"),

                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['datingSite'], "text"),

                       GetSQLValueString(isset($_POST['notifyMe']) ? "true" : "", "defined","'Y'","'N'"),

                       GetSQLValueString(isset($_POST['agreeToTerms']) ? "true" : "", "defined","'Y'","'N'"));

  mysql_select_db($database_myConn, $myConn);

  $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $myConn) or die(mysql_error());

  $insertGoTo = "selectplan.php";

  if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {

    $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";

    $insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];

  }

  header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));

}

mysql_select_db($database_myConn, $myConn);

$query_rsNotify = "INSERT INTO be_notified (new_members.email, new_members.datingSite, new_members.userName) SELECT new_members.userName, new_members.email, new_members.datingSite FROM new_members WHERE new_members.notifyMe = 'y' ORDER BY newMemberID DESC LIMIT 1 ";

$rsNotify = mysql_query($query_rsNotify, $myConn) or die(mysql_error());

$row_rsNotify = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsNotify);

$totalRows_rsNotify = mysql_num_rows($rsNotify);

?>


The order of your insert fields is not the same as your select fields which is probably why it is failing.

Also, I don't really see a need for be_notified table. Can't those fields just be added to the user table? Also, why is the table called new_user? Is there a regular 'user' table?

What happens when 2 users register at the same time?  User1 inserts into the new_user table and before the be_notified script fires, another users registers. Now the first be_notified scripts inserts the wrong data.

Also, why inser the confirm_password and confirm_email data? There should never be a reason that those fields are different - it needs to be validated before your insert.

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