In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, whoisquilty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>James - Sorry, I knew I was missing something in my initial post.
>
>The column that $prodvar is set from is an INT column.
>
>And the error that I get is:
>
>You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to 
>your 
>MySQL 
>server version for the right syntax to use near 'ORDER BY yearopen' at line 4
>
>Looking at my code:
>
>"SELECT *
>       FROM productions
>       WHERE showno = $prodvar
>       ORDER BY yearopen";
>
>...the Where statement is the problem. If I remove the Where statement, it 
>works 
>fine. I 
>tried the previous suggestion of putting $prodvar as '$prodvar' or 
>".$prodvar." 
>Neither 
>worked. '$prodvar' returned no results. And ".$prodvar." gave me the same 
>error 
>as above.

Have you tried ECHOing the sql statement before trying to use it?  What
is $prodvar set to?  Is it even set?

>
>Unfortunately, I can't find listed anywhere on my the phpMyAdmin site that I'm 
>using 
>anything that indicates what version of MySQL or PHP that is installed. The 
>version of 
>phpMyAdmin that is being used is 2.7.0.-pl2

Create a page with just 

<?php
phpinfo()
?>

on it, upload it, and view it.

-- 
Pete Clark

Sunny Andalucia
http://www.hotcosta.com/comm_1.htm

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