Re: Using variables within a SELECT statement

$query="select * from my_contacts where contactid like \"$cir\""; Fred Kevin Ruiz <kruiz@udms.com> wrote in message news:20011128144232.32279.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I'm working on an application that selects a user's userid if their password > and login match. If the login and password match I want my variable $cir to > run its own select statement and return its corresponding contactid...for > this example we'll say that value = 5. I then want to plug in $cir into my > select statement that will show the user the list of his/her contacts and > only theirs. This seems to be the select statement that's giving my > problems. > > $query = "select * from my_contacts where > contactid=$cir"; > > Whenever I run my script I get an error saying that I have a problem with my > sql syntax. I know that the problem is with the variable becuase it runs > fine with a value in it. > > I've tried writing the $cir as '$cir' and '\$cir' but nothing seems to work. > > Can anyone help. > > Thanks in advance > Kevin > >