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I want to be able to enter an employee number from my system and have it delete. I have a form that prompts the user to enter an employee number. That seems to be working fine.

<html><TD WIDTH="29%" HEIGHT="60"><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><BR>Input 


the Reference, to make sure we have the right one:<BR><BR><FONT SIZE="1">(quick 

reference listed below for your convenience)</FONT></DIV>

<form method=POST action="drop1.php">
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="record" SIZE="50" MAXLENGTH="50"><BR><BR><WIDTH="51" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" BORDER="1"><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Delete Employee"></DIV></form></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="29%"><DIV ALIGN="LEFT">

<?php

// Show simple format of the records so person can choose the reference name/number

// this is then passed to the next page, for all details

$db = mysql_connect($host,$username,$password);



mysql_select_db($database,$db) or die ('Unable to connect to database');

$q="SELECT * FROM info647_emp ORDER BY empno ASC";

$result = mysql_query($q,$db)


or die(" - Failed More Information:<br><pre>$q</pre><br>Error: " . mysql_error());

$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
if ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {

echo "<br>A Quick View<BR><br>";

echo "<table border=1>\n";



echo "<tr><td><b>Empno:</b></td><td>Last:</td><td>First:</td><td>Addr:</td></tr>\n";



do {



printf("<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>\n", $myrow["empno"], $myrow["emplast"], $myrow["empfirst"], $myrow["emphaddr"]);



} while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result));



echo "</table>\n";



} else {



echo "$ref: That record appears to be unavailable";

} 


mysql_free_result($result);
mysql_close($db);
include("footer.html");
?></DIV></TD></html>

Then I have the form action that doesn't seem to be working right it says it deletes but it really doesn't.

<?
@$id =$_POST['record'];

$db = mysql_connect($host,$username,$password);



mysql_select_db($database,$db) or die ('Unable to connect to database');



$query = 'DELETE FROM info647_emp WHERE empno = $id ON DELETE CASCADE';
mysql_query($query);

echo "Row deleted!";

echo " Bye. $id";
include("footer.html");

?>

Not sure what is up it is telling me it worked but I go into the db and the information is still there.

Edited by mike_2000_17 because: Fixed formatting
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Try putting in some error checking when you have made an SQL query.

eg:

$query = 'DELETE FROM info647_emp WHERE empno = $id ON DELETE CASCADE';

// i've changed from here on to check for errors
$result = mysql_query($query);
 

if ($result) {

// ok
echo "Row deleted!";

} else {
    echo "DB Error, could not query the database\n";
    echo 'MySQL Error: ' . mysql_error();
    exit;
}
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