mysql_fetch_array()/mysql_fetch_assoc()/mysql_fetch_row()/mysql_num_rows etc… expects parameter 1 to be resource

Question

I am trying to select data from a MySQL table, but I get one of the following error messages:

mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource,

Answer 1

First, check your connection to the database. Is it connected successfully or not?

If it's done, then after that I have written this code, and it works well:

if (isset($_GET['q1mrks']) && isset($_GET['marks']) && isset($_GET['qt1'])) {
    $Q1mrks = $_GET['q1mrks'];
    $marks = $_GET['marks'];
    $qt1 = $_GET['qt1'];

    $qtype_qry = mysql_query("
        SELECT *
        FROM s_questiontypes
        WHERE quetype_id = '$qt1'
    ");
    $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($qtype_qry);
    $qcode = $row['quetype_code'];

    $sq_qry = "
        SELECT *
        FROM s_question
        WHERE quetype_code = '$qcode'
        ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT $Q1mrks
    ";
    $sq_qry = mysql_query("
        SELECT *
        FROM s_question
        WHERE quetype_code = '$qcode'
        LIMIT $Q1mrks
    ");
    while ($qrow = mysql_fetch_array($sq_qry)) {
        $qm = $qrow['marks'] . "
";
        $total += $qm . "
";
    }
    echo $total . "/" . $marks;
}