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This error has got me baffled... I have spent a good 2 hours staring at this code and i just can't see what is wrong. The complete error message is

[quote]Warning: mysql_fetch_assoc(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /homepages/30/d148891800/htdocs/UNC/viewcomments.php on line 30[/quote]

The error appears on the first page, the first page displays 5 news items. This makes it sound like a problem connecting to the database... however, if you click on the all news link below the error you can view the news article.

You can check it out for yourself at www.jasonstanley(dot)co.uk/unc/index.php

Its linked to my page by a function
[code] <?php
if( $userdata['session_logged_in'] )
{
viewnews();
}
else
{
viewnews();
}
?>[/code]

[code]<?php
function viewnews() {
/* user config variables */
$max_items = 5; /* max number of news items to show */

/* make database connection */
$db = mysql_connect ('meh','blah','wohoo');
mysql_select_db ('test',$db);

function displayNews($all = 0) {
    /* bring in two variables
    * $db is our database connection
    * $max_items is the maximum number
    * of news items we want to display */
    global $db, $max_items;
   
    /* query for news items */
    if ($all == 0) {
        /* this query is for up to $max_items */
        $query = "SELECT id,title,newstext," .
                "DATE_FORMAT(postdate, '%Y-%m-%d') as date " .
                "FROM news ORDER BY postdate DESC LIMIT $max_items";
    } else {
        /* this query will get all news */
        $query = "SELECT id,title,newstext," .
                "DATE_FORMAT(postdate, '%Y-%m-%d') as date " .
                "FROM news ORDER BY postdate DESC";
    }
    $result = mysql_query ($query);
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc ($result)) {
        /* display news in a simple table */
        echo "<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"300\">\n";

        /* place table row data in
        * easier to use variables.
        * Here we also make sure no
        * HTML tags, other than the
        * ones we want are displayed */
        $date = $row['date'];       
        $title = htmlentities ($row['title']);
        $news = nl2br (strip_tags ($row['newstext'], '<a><b><i><u>'));
       
        /* display the data */
        echo "<TR><TD><b>$title</b> posted on $date</TD></TR>\n";
        echo "<TR><TD>$news</TD></TR>\n";
       
        /* get number of comments */
        $comment_query = "SELECT count(*) FROM news_comments " .
                        "WHERE news_id={$row['id']}";
        $comment_result = mysql_query ($comment_query);
        $comment_row = mysql_fetch_row($comment_result);
       
        /* display number of comments with link */
        echo "<TR><TD><a href=\"{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" .
            "?action=show&id={$row['id']}\">Comments</a>" .
            "($comment_row[0]}</TD></TR>\n";
       
        /* finish up table*/
        echo "</TABLE>\n";
        echo "<BR>\n";
    }
   
    /* if we aren't displaying all news,
    * then give a link to do so */
    if ($all == 0) {
        echo "<a href=\"{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" .
            "?action=all\">View all news</a>\n";
    }
}

function displayOneItem($id) {
    global $db;
   
    /* query for item */
    $query = "SELECT * FROM news WHERE id=$id";
    $result = mysql_query ($query);
   
    /* if we get no results back, error out */
    if (mysql_num_rows ($result) == 0) {
        echo "Bad news id\n";
        return;
    }
    $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
    echo "<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"300\">\n";

    /* easier to read variables and
    * striping out tags */
    $title = htmlentities ($row['title']);
    $news = nl2br (strip_tags ($row['newstext'], '<a><b><i><u>'));
   
    /* display the items */
    echo "<TR><TD><b>$title</b></TD></TR>\n";
    echo "<TR><TD>$news</TD></TR>\n";
   
    echo "</TABLE>\n";
    echo "<BR>\n";
   
    /* now show the comments */
    displayComments($id);
}

function displayComments($id) {
    /* bring db connection variable into scope */
    global $db;
   
    /* query for comments */
    $query = "SELECT * FROM news_comments WHERE news_id=$id";
    $result = mysql_query ($query);
    echo "Comments:<BR><HR width=\"300\">\n";
   
    /* display the all the comments */
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc ($result)) {
        echo "<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"300\">\n";
       
        $name = htmlentities ($row['name']);
        echo "<TR><TD><b>by: $name</b></TD></TR>\n";
   
        $comment = strip_tags ($row['comment'], '<a><b><i><u>');
        $comment = nl2br ($comment);
        echo "<TR><TD>$comment</TD></TR>\n";
   
        echo "</TABLE>\n";
        echo "<BR>\n";
    }
   
    /* add a form where users can enter new comments */
    echo "<HR width=\"300\">";
    echo "<FORM action=\"{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" .
        "?action=addcomment&id=$id\" method=POST>\n";
    echo "Name: <input type=\"text\" " .
        "width=\"30\" name=\"name\"><BR>\n";
    echo "<TEXTAREA cols=\"40\" rows=\"5\" " .
        "name=\"comment\"></TEXTAREA><BR>\n";
    echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" " .
        "value=\"Add Comment\"\n";
    echo "</FORM>\n";
   
}

function addComment($id) {
    global $db;
   
    /* insert the comment */
    $query = "INSERT INTO news_comments " .
            "VALUES('',$id,'{$_POST['name']}'," .
            "'{$_POST['comment']}')";
    mysql_query($query);
   
    echo "Comment entered. Thanks!<BR>\n";
    echo "<a href=\"{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" .
        "?action=show&id=$id\">Back</a>\n";
}

/* this is where the script decides what do do */

echo "<CENTER>\n";
switch($_GET['action']) {
   
    case 'show':
        displayOneItem($_GET['id']);
        break;
    case 'all':
        displayNews(1);
        break;
    case 'addcomment':
        addComment($_GET['id']);
        break;
    default:
        displayNews();
}
echo "</CENTER>\n";
}
?>[/code]
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That error is usually caused because the previous mysql_query() didin't work because of a syntax error in the query. Modify each mysql_error() to append an "or die" clause.

For example, modify this line in your displalyNews() function:
[code]<?php    $result = mysql_query ($query);?>[/code]
to
[code]<?php
    $result = mysql_query ($query) or die("Problem with the query: $query on line:" . __LINE__ . "<br>" . mysql_error());
?>[/code]

This will tell you what the problem is.

Ken
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