Trouble With Holding Mysql Query Results

[JacKDynne]

I am having trouble holding the result of a query in a var then having it print out later, here is the code:

Code:

 <?
//Set variable for sum1
	$sum1 = 0;
?>

<?
	
	// get current user sum of straight time
	$query = "SELECT SUM(hours) from log WHERE tid = '1' AND date = '$sdate' AND date = '$edate' AND uid = '$_SESSION[SESSION_UID]'";
	$result = mysql_db_query($database, $query, $connection) or die ("Error in query: $query . " . mysql_error());
	
	// Fetch first sum and hold in a var
	while ($sum1 = mysql_fetch_array($result))

 &nbsp;
?>

<!-- spacer -->
<tr>
<td colspan=2>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan=2 valign="top" align="left">
<b><font color="#3098C3">&nbsp;&nbsp;Task/Hours Summary:</font></b>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td valign="top" align="left">
	<!-- tasks/hours summary &nbsp;-->
	<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5">
	<tr>
	<td valign=top align=left><font color=#D03468>Task</font></td>
	<td valign=top align=center><font color=#D03468>Hours</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td valign=top align=left><font color=#000000>Regular Hours</font><td valign=top align=center><font color=#000000><b><? echo print($sum1); ?></b></td>
	</tr>
	</table>

It keeps returning the array value as the result of the query, not the actual sum. I have run the query directly against the db in phpmyadmin and it returns the right value. Any ideas?

btw - please ignore the sloppy code, I have been cutting this script up all over the place

Mucho TIA

/JD
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EDIT - Making some progress... added/changed some code - now it seems that my query is not running right or somehow not returning the same value as when I run it straight against the db

Code:

<?
	
	// get current user sum of straight time
	$query = "SELECT SUM(hours) from log WHERE tid = '1' AND date = '$sdate' AND date = '$edate' AND uid = '$_SESSION[SESSION_UID]'";
	$result = mysql_db_query($database, $query, $connection) or die ("Error in query: $query . " . mysql_error());
	
	// Fetch first sum and hold in a var
	while ($sum1 = mysql_fetch_row($result));
	
	// correction if sum is zero - explicitly assign it 0, so that it gets printed in report
 &nbsp; &nbsp;if (!$sum1) { $sum1 = 0; }

 &nbsp;
?>

<!-- spacer -->
<tr>
<td colspan=2>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan=2 valign="top" align="left">
<b><font color="#3098C3">&nbsp;&nbsp;Task/Hours Summary:</font></b>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td valign="top" align="left">
	<!-- tasks/hours summary &nbsp;-->
	<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5">
	<tr>
	<td valign=top align=left><font color=#D03468>Task</font></td>
	<td valign=top align=center><font color=#D03468>Hours</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td valign=top align=left><font color=#000000>Regular Hours</font>
 &nbsp;<td valign=top align=center><font color=#000000><b><? echo sprintf("%1.01f", $sum1); ?></b></td>
	</tr>
	</table>

/me keeps trying
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Edit Again - Seems the result is where my fault is - not sure what I am doing wrong - will keep trying
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