Marco, Have you tried echoing out the sql statement to the browser before it gets sent to the database? That would show you the exact query string and give you a chance to see where the error might reside. $sql="select distinct des_riga, count ( des_riga ) as freq from k_riga where id_tabella=" . $id_tabella . " and id_colonna=" . $id_colonna . " group by des_riga order by des_riga"; echo $sql //ADD THIS LINE // COMMENT THIS OUT FOR NOW $query=mysql_query ($sql, $connessione); Rich -----Original Message----- From: Marco Strullato [mailto:marco.strullato@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:44 AM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: mysql not valid resource Hi all, I have a problem with mysql: this code produce a not valid mysq resource. $sql="select distinct des_riga, count ( des_riga ) as freq from k_riga where id_tabella=" . $id_tabella . " and id_colonna=" . $id_colonna . " group by des_riga order by des_riga"; $query=mysql_query ($sql, $connessione); $id_tabella, $id_colonna and $connessione has the correct value... The same query runs perfectly if I exec it directly on the db. Do you have any suggestions? Marco -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php