Hi

I've got the following command which isn't quite working:

Code:

$sql="select name, street, town, county, postcode from hotel,locations where town rlike \"^$cur\" and hotel.location = locations.id and email!=\"none\" and active=\"null\"";

The bit thats causing the problem is the Quote:

and active=\"null\"

bit.  Without it it works fine, ie produces a list where town name begins with $cur, the location is correct and there is a valid email acddress, I just don't follow why the last bit is failing.

Incidently 'active' is an int field, some are set to 1, 2, or 3. But its the majority which are still null which I want to grab.  I've also tried a few different options like Quote:

active !=1

which I would be happy with, but that didn't work either.

Any pointer greatly appreciated.



I'm guessing it might relate to the NULL.   NULL is not normally a value that you write in quotes, but a condition, so typically:

Incorrect: active = "NULL"

correct: active IS NULL

Suggestion - try your query and perfect it through the mysql client program and then put it into your program.  At the very least this will tell you if you have an SQL or PHP issue.

Perfect, thats fixed it.

Thanks.

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