Errors from database.php on simple mysql field increment

[PerroLoco]

Hi.

I've been working on a custom component, and it's been a lot of fun learning all about Joomla!'s API and generally making things happen. But today I hit a snag I'm not sure how to get around.

In my component, when a user answers a question correctly, I want to increment the value of a field in the DB. I'm using the following code:

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$database->setQuery("UPDATE table SET num_correct_answers = num_correct_answers + 1 WHERE quiz_id = $qid");
$result = $database -> loadObjectList();
	if ($database -> getErrorNum()) {
		echo $database -> stderr();
		return false;
	}

I'm no mysql expert, but I've read multiple other posts out there in the world about this being the easiest way to increment the value without multiple calls to the DB.

And while this appears to be working (the value is being increased every time), Joomla! is giving me a couple warning messages from database.php.

Warning: mysql_fetch_object(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in [path]/includes/database.php on line 489

Warning: mysql_free_result(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in [path]/includes/database.php on line 496

Is this because I'm doing something wrong, or because there is an incompatibility with this statement and what database.php expects? Your wisdom is greatly appreciated.

Running Joomla! 1.0.12
PHP 4 and MySQL 5

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[PerroLoco]

I was able to answer my own question when I found this post:

http://forum.joomla.org/index.php?topic=248785.msg1141396

As it turns out, you need different $database code when making UPDATE, INSERT, or DELETE sql statements.

I hope this helps the next person scratching their head about it!