Hi, >From the code below $wk gets the values (w1, w2, w3, etc.) as it goes through the 'for' loop. w1, w2, etc. are also colums in the table manager. What I can't figure out is why the select statement fails (no error, just no data) when I use $wk as apposed to hardcoding w1, w2, etc. Is this possible or am I missing something?
Note: the colums w1, w2, etc contain numbers which I am trying to select. TIA $db = mysql_connect("xxxxxxxxxx","xxxxxxxxxx","xxxxxxxxxx"); mysql_select_db("database"); echo "<TABLE ALIGN=center WIDTH=200 BORDER=0><TR>\n"; for ($i = 1; $i < 26; $i++) { $wk = "w$i"; echo "<TR Width=200><TD ALIGN=center COLSPAN=2><B>Week ".$i."</B></TD></TR>\n"; echo "<TR Width=200><TD COLSPAN=2><HR SIZE=5></TD></TR><TR>\n"; echo "<TR WIDTH=100><TD ALIGN=left><B>Name</B></TD><TD ALIGN=right><B>Points</B></TD>"; echo "<TR Width=100><TD></TD></TR>\n"; $query = "select name, $wk from manager order by $wk desc"; $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed"); while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) { echo "<TR WIDTH=150><TD ALIGN=left>".$line['name']."</TD><TD ALIGN=right>".$line['$wk']."</TD>"; } echo "<TR Width=200><TD COLSPAN=2><HR SIZE=5></TD></TR>\n"; } --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php