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[051119]

I have the SQL query SELECT vb_user.username, vb_userfield.field14 FROM vb_userfield
JOIN vb_user ON vb_user.userid = vb_userfield.userid
ORDER BY vb_userfield.field14 DESCCan anyone advise how I can get the output of this to appear on a vB powered page?

[Lynne]

Try looking in any vbulletin php file. This sort of thing is done all the time. Just take a look at the index.php file and how forumusers are defined, or the search.php file and how threads or posts are defined.

[051119]

Thanks for the reply.

I've added $mileage2010 = $db->query_read_slave("SELECT vb_user.username, vb_userfield.field14 FROM vb_userfield
JOIN vb_user ON vb_user.userid = vb_userfield.userid
ORDER BY vb_userfield.field14 desc"); and also put $mileage2010 onto my page, but nothing is showing!

[Lynne]

All you've done there is get the pointer. You then need to actually access the data like so:
while ($mileage = $db->fetch_array($mileage2010))
{
$username = $milieage['username'];
// and then spit it out in a template each time you go through the loop
}

[Mythotical]

Also change that from $db->query_read_slave to $db->query_read, you only use query_read_slave when you have more than 1 query running together.

[051119]

I'm really sorry, I've been working on this for a while now and really confused by what you mean when you say ''All you've done there is get the pointer. You then need to actually access the data like so''

[Lynne]

I showed you an example. Doing a select just finds the data (gets a pointer to it), then you need to actually fetch it for use with the fetch_array statement. vB does have a shortcut if you are only fetching one line, and that is instead of saying query_read (or query_read_slave), to just say query_first. If you use that, then you do not have to fetch the data afterwards. It would be available in the array you assigned it to - so $mileage2010['username']