MySQL "OR"

[Fearpig]

Hello could someone take a look at this for me. It should just list any model where the Air Pressure Switch is 39800140 OR the Auto Air Vent is 39810370. I get a couple of error messages and I don't think I've got the "Or" bit correct.

[code]

$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "password")or die ("Error connecting to database.");
mysql_select_db("Telephonelist",$db) or die ("Couldn't select the database.");
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_parts WHERE Air_Pressure_Switch='39800140' || Auto_Air_Vent='39810370'",$db);       
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {

    printf("<b class='Body2'>%s</b><br>", $row["Model"]);

}

[/code]



I get the following errors:




Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in D:\Intranet v3\TEST\Spares\test.php on line 11

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in D:\Intranet v3\TEST\Spares\test.php on line 13

[obsidian]

in SQL, you actually have to us "OR" not the "||" operator:
[code]
SELECT * FROM tbl_parts WHERE Air_Pressure_Switch='39800140' OR Auto_Air_Vent='39810370'
[/code]

[°°Ben³]

Use the mysql_error() function in future to receive a more detailed error message!
i.e.[code]$resource = mysql_query($sql) or exit(mysql_error());[/code]

That is really helpful while developing!

[Fearpig]

Thank you Dan and Obsidian both very helpful!  ;D