I am not seing what is wrong with this

[Attila]

Can someone see why I am getting this error.  Warning: mysql_result(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL on line 56

 

//check for member
$name = $_POST['Uname'];
$pass = $_POST['Password'];
database_connected();

$sql = "(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Character WHERE user = '$name' AND password = '$pass')";
$loginresult = mysql_query($sql);
$count = mysql_result($loginresult, 0);   //This is line 56.  I have tried it this way as well $count = mysql_result($loginresult, 0, 0); with no help
echo "$count";
$number_of_results = mysql_num_rows($loginresult);	
if ($count > 0)
{
// Register session key with the value 
$_SESSION['name'] = $name;
$_SESSION['pass'] = $pass;
ob_end_clean();
header ("Location:../membersloggedin.php");
}

 

Thanks

[DeanWhitehouse]

are you connected to the database and also add a die to the query

$loginresult = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

[Attila]

Good call on adding the or DIE now I am getting this error.

 

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Character WHERE user = 'Test' AND password = 'test')' at line 1 

 

 

Line 1 is <?

[DeanWhitehouse]

is character the correct table name

and try this

sql = "(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Character WHERE user = '".$name."' AND password = '".$pass."')";

[PFMaBiSmAd]

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/reserved-words.html