Am Wed, 12.Dec  2001 um 10:22 schrieb Miles Thompson:
> This should work ...
> $result=mysql_query("SELECT book FROM TAB_AUTHORS  WHERE aid = '$aid'");
> 
> When PHP sees the single quotes around the $aid it evaluates it to the 
> value stored in the variable.
> Your first example connntained $aid within a set of double quotes, thus it 
> was treated as a literal.
No, $aid is evaluated in both cases, but SQL-Syntax requires the quotes!
...WHERE aid = 'xyz'


Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Konrad Riedel

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