i saw an article from. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/group-by-functions.html the query: select min(art) as art from artwork; can anyone explain to me what is the purpose to put "as" becoz when i tried to run this command: select min(art) from artwork; it produce the same result. get my key here http://geocities.com/vearn2000/key.txt ************* *********** ********* ******* ***** *** * __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com PHP Data object relational mapping generator - http://www.meta-language.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/