Update not Updating

[kiwiwilliam]

This is starting to really annoy me.
I'm trying to setup an update page for a website with information on various people. The form to check and change comes up alright as below:

[code]
<?php
include './includes/dbconnect.php';
if(!isset($_GET["child_id"]))
{
echo "Return to <a href=\"./add_talent.php\">Add Talent </a>page as you have not chosen a record to edit.<br>";
}
else
{
$sql = "SELECT * FROM child_info WHERE child_id = ".$_GET["child_id"]."";
}
$result = mysql_query($sql, $link) or die('Child information access error' . mysql_error());
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result)
?>
<h1> Edit existing talent</h1>
<table border="0">
<form method="post" action="./edit_child_process.php">
  <tr><td>Catergory</td><td>Current Info</td><td>New Info</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Child ID</td><td><?php echo $row["child_id"] ?></td><td><?php echo $row["child_id"] ?></td></tr>
  <tr><td>First Name</td><td><?php echo $row["name_first"] ?></td><td><input type="text" name="name_first" value="<?php echo $row["name_first"] ?>"></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Last Name</td><td><?php echo $row["name_last"] ?></td><td><input type="text" name="name_last" value="<?php echo $row["name_last"] ?>"></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Age</td><td><?php echo $row["age"] ?></td><td><input type="text" name="age" value="<?php echo $row["age"] ?>"></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Singer</td><td><?php echo $row["singer"] ?></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="singer" value="Singer" <?php if ($row["singer"]=="Singer") echo "checked"; ?>></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Dancer</td><td><?php $row["dancer"] ?></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="dancer" value="Dancer" <?php if ($row["dancer"]=="Dancer") echo "checked"; ?>></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Actor</td><td><?php echo $row["actor"] ?></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="actor" value="Actor" <?php if ($row["actor"]=="Actor") echo "checked"; ?>></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Model</td><td><?php echo $row["model"] ?></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="model" value="Model" <?php if ($row["model"]=="Model") echo "checked"; ?>></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Male</td><td><?php if($row["gender"]=="Male") echo "Male"; ?></td><td><input type="radio" name="gender" value="Male" <?php if($row["gender"]=="Male" || !isset($row['Male'])) echo "checked"; ?>></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Female</td><td><?php if($row["gender"]=="Female") echo "Female" ?></td><td><input type="radio" name="gender" value="Female" <?php if($row["gender"]=="Female") echo "checked"; ?>"></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Height</td><td><?php echo $row["height"] ?></td><td><input type="text" name="height" value="<?php echo $row["height"] ?>"> in centimeters</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Weight</td><td><?php echo $row["weight"] ?></td><td><input type="text" name="weight" value="<?php echo $row["weight"] ?>"> in kilograms</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Eye Colour</td><td><?php echo $row["eye_colour"] ?></td><td><select name="eye_colour">
                                                      <option value="<?php echo $row["eye_colour"] ?>">Black</option>
                                                      <option value="Black">Black</option>
                                                      <option value="Blue">Blue</option>
                                                      <option value="Brown">Brown</option>
                                                      <option value="Green">Green</option>
                                                      <option value="Grey">Grey</option>
                                                      <option value="Hazel">Hazel</option>
                                                      <option value="Other">Other</option>
                                                      </select></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Hair Colour:</td><td><?php echo $row["hair_colour"] ?></td><td><select name="hair_colour">
                                                        <option value="<?php echo $row["hair_colour"] ?>">Auburn</option>
                                                        <option value="Auburn">Auburn</option>
                                                        <option value="Black">Black</option>
                                                        <option value="blonde">Blonde</option>
                                                        <option value="Light Brown">Light Brown</option>
                                                        <option value="Dark Brown">Dark Brown</option>
                                                        <option value="Ginger">Ginger</option>
                                                        <option value="Grey">Grey</option>
                                                        <option value="Red">Red</option>
                                                        <option value="White">White</option>
                                                        <option value="Other">Other</option>
                                                        </select></td></tr>
    <tr><td>Hair Length:</td><td><?php echo $row["hair_length"] ?></td><td><select name="hair_length">
                                                    <option value="<?php echo $row["hair_length"] ?>">Bald</option>
                                                    <option value="Bald">Bald</option>
                                                    <option value="Close Cropped">Close Cropped</option>
                                                    <option value="Short">Short</option>
                                                    <option value="Medium">Medium</option>
                                                    <option value="Shoulder Length">Shoulder Length</option>
                                                    <option value="Long">Long</option>
                                                    <option value="Very Long">Very Long</option>
                                                    </select></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="submit" value=" Update " name="submit"></td>
<td><input type="reset" value=" Clear Form " name="reset"></td></tr>
</form>
</table>
Cancel Edit and return to <a href="./add_talent.php">Add Talent</a>
?>
[/code]

It then gives this info to my processing pag.
This page throws up it's completion message, but changes are not reflected in the database itself.

[code]
<?php

//Include config file
include './includes/dbconnect.php';

//grab variables from post

$child_id=$_POST["child_id"];
$name_first=$_POST["name_first"];
$name_last=$_POST["name_last"];
$age=$_POST["age"];
$singer=$_POST["singer"];
$dancer=$_POST["dancer"];
$actor=$_POST["actor"];
$model=$_POST["model"];
$gender=$_POST["gender"];
$height=$_POST["height"];
$weight=$_POST["weight"];
$eye_colour=$_POST["eye_colour"];
$hair_colour=$_POST["hair_colour"];
$hair_length=$_POST["hair_length"];

//Insert into Database

$query = "UPDATE child_info SET `name_first`='$name_first', `name_last`='$name_last', `age`='$age', `singer`='$singer',`dancer`='$dancer', `actor`='$actor', `model`='$model', `gender`='$gender', `height`='$height', `weight`='$weight', `eye_colour`='$eye_colour', `hair_colour`='$hair_colour', `hair_length`='$hair_length' WHERE `child_id`='$child_id'";

mysql_query($query) or die('Talent information update error due to: ' . mysql_error());

echo "<strong>";
echo "Information updated for $name_first $name_last<br>";
echo "<a href=\"./add_talent.php\">Return</a> to add new Talent";
echo "</strong>";
?>
[/code]

Any ideas or simple suggestions.
I know there are a lot of posts on this topic, but I have not been able to get the info I wanted.

Thanks.

[b]EDIT BY OBER: THE CODE TAGS USE THE WORD "CODE" INSTEAD OF "PHP".[/b]

[ober]

Welcome to the forums!

Your "completion" message is always going to show up because you run it no matter what happens with the results.

You need to do this:
[code]<?php
$result = @mysql _query($query);

if($result)
       echo '<strong>Information updated for $name_first $name_last<br><a href="./add_talent.php">Return</a> to add new Talent</strong>'
else
      echo "There was a problem with your update: " . mysql_error();
?>[/code]

As a side note, you can reduce the following:
[code]<?php
$ child_id=$_POST["child_id"];
$name_first=$_POST["name_first"];
$name_last=$_POST["name_last"];
$age=$_POST["age"];
$singer=$_POST["singer"];
$dancer=$_POST["dancer"];
$actor=$_POST["actor"];
$model=$_POST["model"];
$gender=$_POST["gender"];
$height=$_POST["height"];
$weight=$_POST["weight"];
$eye_colour=$_POST["eye_colour"];
$hair_colour=$_POST["hair_colour"];
$hair_length=$_POST["hair_length"];
?>[/code]

to this:
[code]<?php
extract($_POST);
?>[/code]

It does the same thing.