i've a sql query as follows: SELECT tb1.col1,tb2.col1,tb3.col1 FROM tb1,tb2,tb3 where tb1.col1=tb2.col2 AND tb3.col3=tb2.col3 AND tb2.col4 BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AND tb2.col5 BETWEEN 6 AND 7; if I run the above query thru php it works, but if i try to call a procedure for above query as shown below it thrws error ERROR 1064 (42000): the right syntax to use near 'tb1.col2 <? $wherestr = "tb2.col4 BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AND tb2.col5 BETWEEN 6 AND 7"; CALL proc4($wherestr); ?> Procedure#=> DELIMITER $$ DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `dbname`.`proc4`$$ CREATE DEFINER=`oteuser`@`%` PROCEDURE `proc4`( whereval varchar(500)) BEGIN set @whereval = whereval; set @sql1 = CONCAT('SELECT tb1.col1,tb2.col1,tb3.col1 FROM tb1,tb2,tb3 where tb1.col1=tb2.col2 AND tb3.col3=tb2.col3 AND ',@whereval); PREPARE stmt FROM @sql1; EXECUTE stmt using @whereval; DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt; END$$ DELIMITER ; what is the error in above code? PHP Data object relational mapping generator http://www.metastorage.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:php-objects-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:php-objects-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/