You should be able to do this in two calls to the mysql_query() function. mysql_query("SET @var1=3"); mysql_query("SELECT * from table1 Where col1=@var1"); 2006/4/26, Mauricio Pellegrini <hrrg-inf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi all > > I'm trying to execute two querys and they execute perfectly in fact, > but after the execution of the first query there suposed to be some > variable setted to a certain value. > > The problem is this variable is not available at the time the second > query runs. > > I`ll try to explain a little bit further > > //This is my first query > > $quer1=" SET @var1=3 ";//Here I`m suposed to set the value for var1 to 3 > mysql_query($quer1); > > // This is query #2 > > $query2="SELECT * from table1 where col1=@var1 "//Here @var1 doesn`t > exist > > > That wasn't really my first attempt. Originally > I've tryied the whole thing in just one single query but mysql gave me > an error message complinning about the semicolon > > Please look at this > > $quer1 = "SET @var1=3 ; > SELECt * from table1 Where col1=@var1 " ; > > > This gave a syntax error from MySQL inmmediately before the ";" > (semicolon), > > > Please any help greatefully appreciated > > Thanks > Mauricio > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >