Insert into identifier field

I'm doing the following:

PHP Code:

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 $query1 = "INSERT [" . $ctype . "] DEFAULT VALUES"; 
$result1 = mysql_query($query1); 

$query1 = "SELECT MAX(ID) FROM '" . $ctype . "'"; 
$result1 = mysql_query($query1); 
$row1 = mysql_fetch_array($result1);
echo "<p class=chatter>ID : " . $row1[0] . "<br>"; 


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And I'm getting an error on the fetch_array line. This works perfectly in MS SQL Server, but I'm trying to do with with MySQL for another project. I guess the question is, am I doing the initial insert correctly?

The idea is to insert the ID field and then update the rest of the fields where ID = "newly inserted ID"

What is the error you are getting? And it's always good to do:

PHP Code:

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$result1 = mysql_query($query1) or die(mysql_error());  
$row1 = mysql_fetch_array($result1) or die(mysql_error()); 


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As that can give better and more specific errors.

if you did an insert then you can use

mysql_insert_id() to get the last ID made.

Quote:

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mysql_insert_id() returns the ID generated for an AUTO_INCREMENT column by the previous INSERT query using the given link_identifier. If link_identifier isn't specified, the last opened link is assumed.

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