Hi
> O.K. the id column is primary key and it is auto_incerment .I think my
> explanation was not clear enough :
>
> this is my query : SELECT * FROM table WHERE ID=$ID
> this will find the record with the specified ID and I will be able to see
> it, now I want to be able to scroll up and down to all the records that
> belong to the same cat(egory)!
Assuming that is correct now, use a sub-query:
SELECT id, name FROM table
WHERE cat = (SELECT CAT FROM table WHERE id=$ID);
Niel
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