Hi, please i need help.
I am trying to select data from a admissions table which contains rows- first_name, last_name, other_names, exam_no, course, college. I want all the names concatenated and displayed in a column called names but the problem is when i try to use CONCAT and run the srcipt nothing is diplayed on my browser but if i select the columns without concatenating them i get a result. Please can anyone help me go through the script below and let me know if i am omitting something or not doing it right?
thank you.
<?php require_once('Connections/new.php'); ?>
<?php
$maxRows_Recordset1 = 10;
$pageNum_Recordset1 = 0;
if (isset($_GET['pageNum_Recordset1'])) {
$pageNum_Recordset1 = $_GET['pageNum_Recordset1'];
}
$startRow_Recordset1 = $pageNum_Recordset1 * $maxRows_Recordset1;
mysql_select_db($database_new, $new);
$query_Recordset1 = "SELECT CONCAT(last_name, " ", first_name, " ", other_names) as names, college, course FROM admissions ORDER BY college, course, names ";
$query_limit_Recordset1 = sprintf("%s LIMIT %d, %d", $query_Recordset1, $startRow_Recordset1, $maxRows_Recordset1);
$Recordset1 = mysql_query($query_limit_Recordset1, $new) or die(mysql_error());
$row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1);
if (isset($_GET['totalRows_Recordset1'])) {
$totalRows_Recordset1 = $_GET['totalRows_Recordset1'];
} else {
$all_Recordset1 = mysql_query($query_Recordset1);
$totalRows_Recordset1 = mysql_num_rows($all_Recordset1);
}
$totalPages_Recordset1 = ceil($totalRows_Recordset1/$maxRows_Recordset1)-1;
?>
<table width="70%" border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td>names</td>
<td>college</td>
<td>course</td>
</tr>
<?php do { ?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['names']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['college']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['course']; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php } while ($row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1)); ?>
</table>
<?php
mysql_free_result($Recordset1);
?>
when i run the query without concatenating the columns i get result.
i.e. when i run the code below:
<?php require_once('Connections/new.php'); ?>
<?php
$maxRows_Recordset1 = 10;
$pageNum_Recordset1 = 0;
if (isset($_GET['pageNum_Recordset1'])) {
$pageNum_Recordset1 = $_GET['pageNum_Recordset1'];
}
$startRow_Recordset1 = $pageNum_Recordset1 * $maxRows_Recordset1;
mysql_select_db($database_new, $new);
$query_Recordset1 = "SELECT first_name, last_name, other_names, course, college FROM admissions ORDER BY college ASC";
$query_limit_Recordset1 = sprintf("%s LIMIT %d, %d", $query_Recordset1, $startRow_Recordset1, $maxRows_Recordset1);
$Recordset1 = mysql_query($query_limit_Recordset1, $new) or die(mysql_error());
$row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1);
if (isset($_GET['totalRows_Recordset1'])) {
$totalRows_Recordset1 = $_GET['totalRows_Recordset1'];
} else {
$all_Recordset1 = mysql_query($query_Recordset1);
$totalRows_Recordset1 = mysql_num_rows($all_Recordset1);
}
$totalPages_Recordset1 = ceil($totalRows_Recordset1/$maxRows_Recordset1)-1;
?>
<table width="70%" border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td>Last Name </td>
<td>First Name </td>
<td>Other Names </td>
<td>Course</td>
<td>College</td>
</tr>
<?php do { ?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['first_name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['last_name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['other_names']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['course']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['college']; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php } while ($row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1)); ?>
</table>
<?php
mysql_free_result($Recordset1);
?>