variables in mysql

Ray, thank you in advance.
I have been trying for some time to understand how the testing block for mysql works. I have this simple q:

SELECT COUNT(pil_knotg_info.FID)
FROM pil_knotg_info
WHERE pil_knotg_info.FID = $FID_num LIMIT 1
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Now, when I enter FID_num as the variable name in the advanced test section, and then enter 226 (a record id to find) as the default value and also 226 as the run time value , I get the return message "unknown column '$226' in the WHERE clause". I cannot figure what else to enter here. Can you help, as my program which used to work now returns "You have a syntax error in your SQL statement" with no line numbers or any other help. I am trying to check each query one by one to find where the error might be.

You can't add a dollar sign in front of the parameter name in the recordset SQL statement. You also don't need to add the Limit statement, it will be added automatically.

Your SQL statement would be:

SELECT COUNT(pil_knotg_info.FID) AS FIDCount
FROM pil_knotg_info
WHERE pil_knotg_info.FID = FID_num

That statement (without the $) works ok in the tester, but it will not run in the live php environment. That requires the $FID_num. The code that WA writes just won't work (at least in my setup).

It should. Can you attach the page with the code I suggested. I can take a look and see why it isn't working. The correct syntax is definitely not using the dollar sign in the parameter name.

I have created a "simple" test example of this. (The other one comes from a much larger set of q's, but the principles are the same...).
The code with the $FID_num works in php but not the tester. The code without the $ (ie, FID_num) works in the tester, but NOT in the live php.
Now that I know how it works, I can live with it, as all you have to do is test, but once the test works, do NOT let WA write the code until you have re-inserted the $.
Thanks so much for your help and cosideration. I am so pleased to be using WA again. (I had to switch to Scriptcase some time ago, as you guys did not support mysqli, but now you do.)

I see... This is the code you should be using to work with both:

<?php

    $FID_num =103;

?>

<?php

$Recordset1 = new WA_MySQLi_RS("Recordset1",$pil1_i,1);

$Recordset1->setQuery("SELECT pil_shared_data.FID, pil_shared_data.Family_Name FROM pil_shared_data WHERE pil_shared_data.FID = ?");

$Recordset1->bindParam("d", "".($FID_num)  ."", "-1"); //FID_num

$Recordset1->execute();

?>

Copy and paste that onto your page and then open the Recordset to see how you set up parameters correctly to work in dreamweaver and on the page.

Thank you, Ray. I am a total amateur (and don't write code for anyone except our products). I will soon need a programmer to assist with stuff like this. I checked the "community", and I don't need web development, but will soon need a "shadow programmer" to speed things like this up. This is our product page (www.iapsystems.com) .
The code you provided works great, and I will use it as a model for the future.
Too bad the charting modules have been discontinued. Hope they will be back sometime. I would sell them as a separate module, it is worth it.

The old charts were Flash, so they are obsolete. I'd have to integrate a new charting system, but unfortunately the demand isn't high.