$result is an array that has to be fetched...try this echo "<h3>active members should appear here</h3>";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM RegisteredMembers") or die("could not execute query"); while($result = mysql_fetch_array($query)){ echo $result['YOUR_DB_FIELDNAME']; } change YOUR_DB_FIELDNAME' to whatever the fields are you are querying. you could also: <pre> <?php print_r($result); ?> </pre> HTH Craig "Harlequin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi all... > > Despite being able to make a connection to the server and execute a query I > am unable to do this through PHP using the following commands: > > echo "<h3>active members should appear here</h3>"; > $query = "SELECT * FROM RegisteredMembers"; > $result = mysql_query($query) or die ("could not execute query"); > echo "$result"; > > Any ideas...? > > -- > ----------------------------- > Michael Mason > Arras People > www.arraspeople.co.uk > ----------------------------- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php