hi, i can think of the following reasons: 1. if its ur query thats failing, then probably the 3 DB tables have columns with the same name. - "and que='checked' order by 'name';" is this without conflict? 2. after ur while loop there is an opening curly brace and no matching closing one. are usure thats not the reason for ur failure? regards, -shiva "Addison Ellis" <addison@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:a05010405bb2604949504@[66.20.109.38]... > hello and thank you for your time... > any ideas why this isn't working? > thank you again. best regards, addison > > <? > $query = "select * from stores,subcategory,category where > stores.category = $crow->id and subcategory.category = $crow->id and > (stores.city = '$city' and stores.state = '$state') and que='checked' > order by 'name'"; > $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) > { > $count++; > ?> > > // url of site with problem: http://www.momandpopcentral.com - select > a category(arts & crafts) and state(TN) -next page enter > city(nashville) there is a test store in the db that will not appear. > -- > Addison Ellis > small independent publishing co. > 114 B 29th Avenue North > Nashville, TN 37203 > (615) 321-1791 > addison@bellsouth.net > info@smipco.com > subsidiaries of small independent publishing co. > info@gloabaldog.com > info@momandpocentral.com > addisonellis.com > > THIS E-MAIL AND ANY FILES TRANSMITTED WITH IT ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND > ARE INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHOM THEY ARE > ADDRESSED. IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, PLEASE DO NOT > READ, COPY OR RE-TRANSMIT THIS COMMUNICATION BUT DESTROY IT > IMMEDIATELY. ANY UNAUTHORIZED DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING > OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. > A -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php