[php+mysql] How to select a column using URL parameter?

Question

Hi all,
I need to select a specific column from a mysql db.
I have the column name in a URL parameter.
How can I set a query so that it sounds like this:
SELECT $_GET['id'] FROM mytable ORDER BY myorder ASC?
I tried everything with dreamweaver but I cannot get anything
similar
to what I need.
Is there a solution?
TIA
tony

Answer 1

sweetman wrote:
> How can I set a query so that it sounds like this:
>
> SELECT $_GET['id'] FROM mytable ORDER BY myorder ASC?
You can't do it through the Recordset dialog box. The simple
way to do
it is to create this query in the Recordset dialog box:
SELECT * FROM myTable
ORDER BY myOrder ASC
Then go into Code view and locate the following line:
$query_recordsetName = "SELECT * FROM myTable ORDER BY
myOrder ASC";
Change it to this:
if (isset($_GET['id'])) {
$col = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($_GET['id']) :
$_GET['id'];
$col = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['id']);
else {
$col = '*';
$query_recordsetName = "SELECT $col FROM myTable ORDER BY
myOrder ASC";
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
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