i have this query.. $sql = "SELECT `id` FROM `modules_permissions` WHERE `id` = '" . $permissionId . "';"; when i pass the value 31 to permissionid, it returns me the 31st row of the table. and it's fine. but when i pass '31asasa' as the permissionid it returns me the same row! how come this possible? `id` is a integer and the storage engine is myisam. i'm on debian and mysql version is 5.0.51a-15 ~viraj -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php