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Hi I'm new to the forum and MySQL and PHP. I hope you'll excuse the simple question.
Here's my problem: On our website I'm trying to put together a dynamic collection of links that will be presented on one page. For the database table, I've created the following columns:
id, category, link_name, http, description

My problem is that when I present the links, I want to group them by their category and have the category name as the section title. But I don't want to be limited by preset categories. I want the admin to be able to create as many categories as they want and the links page dynamically respond to it.

So... how do I get MySQL to tell me:
a- How many categories there are within a column
b- and what they are

Thank you in advance for your help.
Jun 24 '08 #1
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r035198x
13,262 MVP
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a- How many categories there are within a column
b- and what they are

Thank you in advance for your help.
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  1. select distinct(category) from tableName
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Jun 24 '08 #2
ibec
2 New Member
Wow, works like a charm. Thank you.
Jun 24 '08 #3

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