print new account name on new account page?

hello, i have a form someone fills out. on submit it takes them to a new accounts page that say welcome new member. how can i get their name to print on the new page from the form they just filled out? i have been trying the following but it keeps giving me error messages regardless of how i manipulate the following. thank you for your time. addison <? include("config.php");

  $sql = "SELECT firstName,lastName FROM accounts                                 WHERE email='$logname'";

$result = mysql_query($sql)

               or die("Couldn't execute query 1.");

$row = mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_ASSOC); extract($row); echo "

        <head><title>New Account Welcome</title></head>
        <h2 align='center' style='margin-top: .7in'>
        Welcome $firstName $lastName</h2>\n";

?> here is an example of the errors: Warning: extract() expects first argument to be an array in /users/infoserv/web/register/ca/new_account.php on line 82 -- 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