Thank you everybody. "Harry G" <harry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:20040723025938.59488.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hi, > > I have a database with members details and PK is id. > > $thing = "July22@xxxxxxxxx"; > > $query = "SELECT id, email, familyname FROM members WHERE email=$thing"; > $result = mysql_query($query); > > If i do a query where id=$thing. > and $thing="20"; > this works fine and I get the desired result. But what is wrong with the > other one, when I do search for the email address?? > > The email address does exist exactly as quoted above in the "email" field in > my "members" table but still doesn't produce any results. > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Harmeet -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php