Question

I would like to use two different insert statements with two different tables such as

<?
mysql_query("INSERT INTO Customer (ID,Name,Subject, OrderDate) VALUES ('$ID', '$name', '$status', '$ODate')");
mysql_query("INSERT INTO Order (ID,Subject, Department, Status, OrderDate, Receive, Notes) VALUES ('$ID', '$status', 'Financial', 'Financial Department', '$ODate', 'NO', 'Notes')");
?>

It just works with the first table and does not work with the second table.

Can some one help solving this problem?

Thanks

Answer 1

You need to check for errors:

<?php
$query1 = "INSERT INTO Customer (ID,Name,Subject, OrderDate) VALUES ('$ID', '$name', '$status', '$ODate')";
if(!mysql_query($query1)) {
  throw new Exception(mysql_error());
}

$query2 = "INSERT INTO Order (ID,Subject, Department, Status, OrderDate, Receive, Notes) VALUES ('$ID', '$status', 'Financial', 'Financial Department', '$ODate', 'NO', 'Notes')";
if(!mysql_query($query2)) {
  throw new Exception(mysql_error());
}

I’m guessing you are getting an error because Order is a reserved word in MySQL and should be escaped accordingly:

$query2 = "INSERT INTO `Order` (ID,Subject, Department, Status, OrderDate, Receive, Notes) VALUES ('$ID', '$status', 'Financial', 'Financial Department', '$ODate', 'NO', 'Notes')";

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It also seems to me like you’re inserting a fixed value as a primary key – are you sure that’s what you want?

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As I said in the comments, you should stop using mysql_ functions completely and use MySQLi or PDO instead.