Preserved Topic: MySQL SELECT * from.... question

ok I want to do the following

" SELECT * from tutorials where cat_id='$category' ";

and

"SELECT * from tutorials order by date desc";


I want to do both of those.
Must I combine them together like so?


"SELECT * from tutorials where cat_id='$category' && order by date desc";

Will that work? I don't think it rocognizes the && symbols

SELECT * FROM tutorials WHERE cat_id='$category' ORDER BY date DESC;

"Nothin' like a pro-stabbin' from a pro." -Weadah

Nope you don't need anything

"SELECT * from tutorials where cat_id='$category' order by date desc";

You're not combining operators so it's basically three statemtents

SELECT ...
WHERE ...
ORDER BY...

( I usually write my sql like that vertically it tends to make it easier to read ).

If you are combining then it's just the word "AND"

SELECT from people
WHERE firstname = 'homer'
AND secondname = 'simpson'
ORDER BY birthdate

Second note is that it's a bad practice to use the asterisk wild card in production, only use that for testing.



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Ok,
Here is what im trying now

Code:

$result=mysql_query("SELECT * from tutorials WHERE cat_id='$category' ORDER BY tname ASC)or die("Could not execute $q.".mysql_error());

Where tname is the title, and I want to list it alphabetically

But when I try that code I get this error


could not execute SELECT * from tutorials WHERE cat_id='1' ORDER BY tname ASCLIMIT 0, 5.You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'ASCLIMIT 0, 5' at line 1

Bit, I can see some performance reasons for not using the wildcard, but I am wondering if there are more reasons that you have hidden under your cloak of knowledge to make it prohibitive for using it in a production enviornment?

-Dan-

Ok, I'm assuming the LIMIT 0, 5 is the Error
Could that mean it can't Sort tname by Ascending because its a varchar?

Here is my SQL table code i use to make it.


CREATE TABLE tutorials (
id int(5) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL auto_increment,
tname varchar(50) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
name varchar(50) NOT NULL,
cat_id varchar(50) NOT NULL,
entry text NOT NULL,
description text NOT NULL,
icon text NOT NULL,
date datetime NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (ID)
);

well, reading the error output, I'm seening that there's no space between ASC and LIMIT. There should be one. Even if I have no idea where you're pulling that limit from. Certainly not from the query you posted.

Edit: In addition, the php snippet containt your query is short a "

[This message has been edited by Tyberius Prime (edited 02-26-2004).]