Group query not list them seperate. And choose how to group.

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I posted this elsewhere but I think it goes here since it relates to how to query

 

Ok guys heres what I got!  My current code is this:

<?php 
if ($_POST["email"]<>'') { 
   $ToEmail = $_POST["recip"]; 
   $EmailSubject = $_POST["subject"]."\r\n";
   $mailheader = "From: ".$_POST["email"]."\r\n"; 
   $MESSAGE_BODY = nl2br($_POST["message"]);
   // $MESSAGE_BODY .= ($_POST["auth"]); 
   mail($ToEmail,$EmailSubject, $MESSAGE_BODY,$mailheader) or die ("Failure"); 
?>
---
<?php 
} else { 
?>

<form action="text_tool.php" method="post">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
      <td valign="top">
      Send To:<br />
<?php 

mysql_connect("localhost", "XXXXX", "XXXXX") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("TEXT_TOOL") or die(mysql_error());

$q = "select * from sprint";
$ret = mysql_query($q);

print '<select name="recip">';
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($ret)) {
        $email_addr = $row['num'];
   $email_sec = $row['dept'];
   $domain = '@messaging.sprintpcs.com';
        $email_addr .= $domain;
    print "<option value=\"$email_addr\">$email_sec</option>";
}
?>
         </select>
      </td>
   </tr>


<tr>
<td>Message:<br /><textarea name=message cols="20" rows="6" id="comment" maxlength="143"></textarea><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input name="email" type="hidden" id="email" size="20" value="reply@emailhere.com"></td>
</tr>
<tr>

<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="2"><b>Do not hit enter for a new line. This will give you less characters to use due to the text limits.</b></font><br /><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send"></td>
</tr>

</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php 
}; 
?>

 

Right now it queries the DB and gives me select options of all the choices in row "dept".

Shows up like this:

 

<option value="EMAIL">Tech</option>
<option value="EMAIL2">Tech</option>
<option value="EMAIL3">Tech</option>
<option value="EMAIL4">Sup</option>
<option value="EMAIL5">Sup</option>

 

This all works great.  With the above I get all 270 of my entries listed separate.  But what I need to do is have it query the same info but only display a main title (based on how its listed in the db under row:"dept") and have it email all of them.

So what it SHOULD look like is:

<option value="EMAIL, EMAIL2, EMAIL3">Tech</option>
<option value="EMAIL4, EMAIL5">Sup</option>

 

I hope this makes sense.  There are over 10 options for the main titles.  Such as Tech, Sup, Mgr, HR, etc.  On top of the above I need some choices to overlap.  Such as this:

 

<option value="EMAIL, EMAIL2, EMAIL3">Tech</option>
<option value="EMAIL4, EMAIL5">Sup</option>
<option value="EMAIL, EMAIL2, EMAIL3, EMAIL4, EMAIL5">Techs and Sups</option>

 

 

I am at a loss on how to do this.  Any help is appreciated as always!  You guys rock!

 

[fenway]

Well, the first part can be accomplished with group-concat.