More help with mysql

Hi all I have successfully managed to connect to the mysql database, using the following code: mysql_connect('localhost','php','*******') || die ("Unable to connect to MySQL server."); $db = mysql_select_db("DB_NAME") || die ("Unable to select requested database."); I then issue the following command: $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM SOME_TABLE") || die(mysql_error()); This does not result in any error. Now, of course, I want to work with the data returned, so I go: if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) { // do some stuff } else { // do some other stuff }; However, this gives me: "Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource." If I go: echo "$result", I get '1', so I know $result actually has some value. What am I doing wrong? Basically, I want to do the simplest thing: get data out of a table and step through the results, displaying them one by one. Why is this hard? Evan Morris evan@exclusivebooks.com Tel: +27 11 792 2777 Fax: +27 11 792 2711 Cell: +27 82 926 3630