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Alan @ CIT · 01-13-2008, 05:16 PM

Hi Gareth,

Try changing your "Forum cannot be updated" error text to echo mysql_error() instead. That may give some clues as to why it isn't updating.

A handy trick when debugging these sorts of mysql problems is to do the following:

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$something = mysql_query("your query here..") or die(mysql_error());

That will stop the script and show the mysql error message in the event that the query fails. Shouldn't be used in a live enviroment for it's handy for debugging :)

Alan.

01-13-2008, 05:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Alan @ CIT Member of the Month The Frequenter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South UK Posts: 483 Thanks: 51	Hi Gareth, Try changing your "Forum cannot be updated" error text to echo mysql_error() instead. That may give some clues as to why it isn't updating. A handy trick when debugging these sorts of mysql problems is to do the following: PHP Code: `$something = mysql_query("your query here..") or die(mysql_error());` That will stop the script and show the mysql error message in the event that the query fails. Shouldn't be used in a live enviroment for it's handy for debugging :) Alan.