Please check this line: > $result=mysql_query("select("SELECT*FROM COLLEAGUE"); I think it should be: > $result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM COLLEAGUE"); On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 1:45 PM, saeed ahmed <mycomputerbooks@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > i have made a php script with a tutorial help....i dont know where is a > error.please have a look > > > <?php > //connect and select a database > mysql_connect("localhost","root"," " ); > mysql_select_db("addressbook"); > //Run a query > $result=mysql_query("select("SELECT*FROM COLLEAGUE"); > ?> > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC"-//w3c//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> > <head> > <title>Address Book</title> > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" > </head> > <body> > <h1>Address Book<h1> > <table Border="1" cellpadding="2"cellspacing="3" > summary="table holda colleague contacts information"> > <tr> > <th> ID</th> > <th>First Name</th> > <th>Last Name</th> > <th>Telephone</th> > <th>Email Address</th> > </tr> > <?php > //LOOP through all table rows > while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > echo"<tr>"; > echo"<td>".$row['id'] . "</td>; > echo "<td>" . $row['firstName'] . "</td>"; > echo "<td>" . $row['lastName'] . "</td>"; > echo "<td>" . $row['telephone'] . "</td>"; > echo "<td>" . Srow['email'] . "</td"; > echo"</tr>"; > } > //free result memory and close database connection > mysql_free_result($result); > mysql_close(); > ?> > </table> > </body> > </html> > thanks > -- Duken Marga