a newbie in deep need for help

Hi everybody I have installed php4 and mysql on IIs winxp I am trying to retrieve a password and print it using a query which is written as followos $query2 = "select passwd from user where username = '$username'"; $result = mysql_result($query2); echo "<center><B>Old Password was $result </B></center>"; am I using mysql_result right or is there another function to print this password taking in consideration that it just prints "Old Password was" and that's it