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Adding Data To A Db

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Adding Data To A Db

fyrestorm	23 Sep, 2002 - 01:46 PM Post #1
D.I.C Lover Joined: 4 Apr, 2002 Posts: 3,103 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 228 My Contributions	if i have a field in a db that already has info in it, and i just want to add to that info, do i first need to do a query to pull that information and then tack on my new data, and then reinsert it into my db, or is there an easier way to do that?
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Quik	RE: Adding Data To A Db 23 Sep, 2002 - 01:54 PM Post #2
D.I.C Lover Joined: 6 Mar, 2001 Posts: 3,750 Thanked: 1 times My Contributions	$query = "UPDATE news SET news='$news' WHERE autonum=$bullet"; I think you have to query the info already in it though. so somthing like $query = "UPDATE news SET news='$past_text $new_text' WHERE autonum=$bullet"; And '$past_text' would be the information already in that field by using 'SELECT...
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fyrestorm	RE: Adding Data To A Db 23 Sep, 2002 - 01:56 PM Post #3
D.I.C Lover Joined: 4 Apr, 2002 Posts: 3,103 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 228 My Contributions	bummer, i was hoping that i wouldn't have to do it that way
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