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  1. Hello everyone. The last time I posted on this site I received kindness and fantastically amazing help. My advanced apologies for any stupidity involved here. If this is one of those questions that has been answered countless time, a simple reference to the URL of the post will suffice. I'm just not having any luck with my searches. Here is my situation: I presently have a PHP page set up to do a search from a MySQL database. It's humming along nicely thanks to the help I got here. The MySQL database is updated every few days by ME, using the import feature and a CSV file. The CSV file is created by exporting the data from a program called Time Matters. Right now I just use the program's features to export this to a CSV and yadda, yadda, yadda... But, I know this is a lame way to go. I need to create a way to make this thing self update. Time Matters is on a SQL platform. It seems like I should be able to get into that data (I have done this before for trial prep with our other SQL programs and Access) and mirror it on a server somewhere, and then ??? Please help! This is one of those problems where I don't really even fully understand my problem enough to grasp the problems of the steps. I'm having major surgery in a few weeks and if there is anyway this thing could self-automate, it would be a huge relief! Thank you!
  2. YOUR THEORY WAS RIGHT! They were truncated because of the field's former VARCHAR exploits. I reimported my csv file into the database and now the thing works great. Thank you so very much!
  3. Mikosiko - I did change the column sdescription from VARCHAR to text but you are right, it is acting just like a VARCHAR field. Here's the structure: Jayarsee, you are right - it's Act. Dumb brain work too hard - smart brain take vacation. I viewed the source and it is getting cut off in the HTML output as well: <br />Client(s) has/have retained firm for legal representation in debt matters. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Practices Collection act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692, client(s) may no longer be contacted by collection representatives. All further collection based communicatio<br /> [attachment deleted by admin]
  4. Yes, I am much better at the law thing than the PHP but we persevere. Thank you for fixing my code It is getting cut off on the page. This is what I get: 1: Name Client(s) has/have retained firm for legal representation in debt matters. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Practices Collection act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692, client(s) may no longer be contacted by collection representatives. All further collection based communicatio (This is at the edge of my page) SSN:XXX-XX-XXXX
  5. After much tearing out of my hair I've got a simple database query using PHP to work! But now I've got results that are cut off because one of the table fields contains data that is a little long. Not War and Peace - just a small paragraph. It is as follows "Client(s) has/have retained firm for legal representation in debt matters. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Practices Collection act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692, client(s) may no longer be contacted by collection representatives. All further collection based communications must be directed to client/s' retained legal counsel, ******. All written collection correspondence must be directed to: *******." Right now it's cutting off at the middle of communications. It seems like a simple problem but I can't find the solution anywhere. How do I format my SQL search results using PHP? Or anything for that matter. Here's the code w/o database connection language. mysql_select_db($dbDatabase) or trigger_error("Failed to connect to database {$dbDatabase}. Error: " . mysql_error()); // Set up our error check and result check array $error = array(); $results = array(); // First check if a form was submitted. // Since this is a search we will use $_GET if (isset($_GET['search'])) { $searchTerms = trim($_GET['search']); $searchTerms = strip_tags($searchTerms); // remove any html/javascript. if (strlen($searchTerms) < 3) { $error[] = "Search terms must be longer than 3 characters."; }else { $searchTermDB = mysql_real_escape_string($searchTerms); // prevent sql injection. } // If there are no errors, lets get the search going. if (count($error) < 1) { $searchSQL = "SELECT sid, sbody, stitle, sdescription FROM simple_search WHERE "; // grab the search types. $types = array(); $types[] = isset($_GET['body'])?"`sbody` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'":''; $types[] = isset($_GET['title'])?"`stitle` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'":''; $types[] = isset($_GET['desc'])?"`sdescription` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'":''; $types = array_filter($types, "removeEmpty"); // removes any item that was empty (not checked) if (count($types) < 1) $types[] = "`sbody` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'"; // use the body as a default search if none are checked $andOr = isset($_GET['matchall'])?'AND':'OR'; $searchSQL .= implode(" {$andOr} ", $types) . " ORDER BY `stitle`"; // order by title. $searchResult = mysql_query($searchSQL) or trigger_error("There was an error.<br/>" . mysql_error() . "<br />SQL Was: {$searchSQL}"); if (mysql_num_rows($searchResult) < 1) { $error[] = "The search term provided {$searchTerms} yielded no results."; }else { $results = array(); // the result array $i = 1; while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($searchResult)) { $results[] = "{$i}: {$row['stitle']}<br />{$row['sdescription']}<br />{$row['sbody']}<br /><br />"; $i++; } } } } function removeEmpty($var) { return (!empty($var)); } ?> <html> <title>My Simple Search Form</title> <h1>Client Database Search Form</h1> <li>Enter your customer's name or the last six digits of his or her social security number to ascertain case status</li> <style type="text/css"> #error { color: red; } </style> <body> <?php echo (count($error) > 0)?"The following had errors:<br /><span id=\"error\">" . implode("<br />", $error) . "</span><br /><br />":""; ?> <form method="GET" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" name="searchForm"> Search For: <input type="text" name="search" value="<?php echo isset($searchTerms)?htmlspecialchars($searchTerms):''; ?>" /><br /> Search In:<br /> SSN: <input type="checkbox" name="body" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['body'])?"checked":''; ?> /> | Name: <input type="checkbox" name="title" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['title'])?"checked":''; ?> /> | Case Status: <input type="checkbox" name="desc" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['desc'])?"checked":''; ?> /><br /> Match All Selected Fields? <input type="checkbox" name="matchall" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['matchall'])?"checked":''; ?><br /><br /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search!" /> </form> <?php echo (count($results) > 0)?"Your search term: {$searchTerms} returned:<br /><br />" . implode("", $results):""; ?> </body> </html> HELP Please. I'm so close. Any links, referrals, anything, I will take.
  6. Thank you for your help, but now I've got that danged "Warning: mysql_fetch_assoc(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource". I've tried to match everything up to make sure the resources are there for fetching, but I cannot get it to work. :shrug:I feel like this is something really obvious I am overlooking. I have just been trying to get this to work for so many days!
  7. Help. I used the great Simple SQL search tutorial provided by this site, but when I tried to customize it for my site, it keeps falling apart. I am a newbie, but any disgust at my idiocy is fine as long as I find a ball of string to lead me out of the labyrinth. Here's the code (modified from the tutorial) sans the login information: $con = mysql_connect($dbHost, $dbUser, $dbPass) or trigger_error("Failed to connect to MySQL Server. Error: " . mysql_error()); mysql_select_db($dbDatabase) or trigger_error("Failed to connect to database {olsendai_ssn}. Error: " . mysql_error()); // Set up our error check and result check array $error = array(); $results = array(); // First check if a form was submitted. // Since this is a search we will use $_GET if (isset($_GET['search'])) $searchTerms = trim($_GET['search']); $searchTerms = strip_tags($searchTerms); // remove any html/javascript. if (strlen($searchTerms) < 3) { $error[] = "Search terms must be longer than 3 characters."; }else { $searchTermDB = mysql_real_escape_string($searchTerms); // prevent sql injection. } // If there are no errors, lets get the search going. if (count($error) < 1) { $searchSQL = "SELECT name, ssn FROM simple_search WHERE "; // grab the search types. $types = array(); $types[] = isset($_GET['name'])?"`name` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'":''; $types[] = isset($_GET['ssn'])?"`ssn` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'":''; $types = array_filter($types, "removeEmpty"); // removes any item that was empty (not checked) if (count($types) < 1) $types[] = "`name` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'"; // use the name as a default search if none are checked $andOr = isset($_GET['matchall'])?'AND':'OR'; $searchSQL .= implode(" {$andOr} ", $types) . " ORDER BY `ssn`"; // order by ssn. $searchResult = mysql_query($searchSQL) or trigger_error("There was an error.<br/>" . mysql_error() . "<br />SQL Was: {$searchSQL}"); if ($num_rows < 1 ) { echo '<b>No Titles Found.</b><br><br><br>'; } }else { $results = array(); // the result array $i = 1; while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($searchResult)) { $results[] = "{$i}: {$row['ssn']}<br /><br />{$row['name']}<br /><br />"; $i++; } } } function removeEmpty($var) { return (!empty($var)); } ?> <html> <title>My Simple Search Form</title> <style type="text/css"> #error { color: red; } </style> <name> <?php echo (count($error) > 0)?"The following had errors:<br /><span id=\"error\">" . implode("<br />", $error) . "</span><br /><br />":""; ?> <form method="GET" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" name="searchForm"> Search For: <input type="text" name="search" value="<?php echo isset($searchTerms)?htmlspecialchars($searchTerms):''; ?>" /><br /> Search In:<br /> name: <input type="checkbox" name="name" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['name'])?"checked":''; ?> /> | ssn: <input type="checkbox" name="ssn" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['ssn'])?"checked":''; ?> /> | /><br /> Match All Selected Fields? <input type="checkbox" name="matchall" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['matchall'])?"checked":''; ?><br /><br /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search!" /> </form> <?php echo (count($results) > 0)?"Your search term: {$searchTerms} returned:<br /><br />" . implode("", $results):""; ?> </name> </html> When I try this, it gives me this message: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home/olsendai/public_html/sqlfour.php on line 65. Help. Please! It seems simple, but when I remove the unexpected '}', it comes back with this error - before I have even used the search feature Warning: mysql_fetch_assoc(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/olsendai/public_html/sqlfour.php on line 60 The following had errors: Search terms must be longer than 3 characters.
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