Re: Re: Another newbie question -- ANSWERED!!

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:16:20 -0400 (EDT), Pete Holsberg <pjh@mccc.edu> wrote: > With a Unix shell programming background, I'm puzzled by > the use of 'tics' (single quotes, apostrophes' around > %$search_string%. I would have though that they would have > removed the special meaning of the $. Since you started the string with dbl quotes ($sql), any variables you use in that string will work even if you wrap it in single quotes (tics). If you use single quotes for the $sql string, you have to 'step out' of the string (or whatever you call it). $sql = "SELECT * FROM $table"; // works $sql = 'SELECT * FROM '.$table; // works $sql = 'SELECT * FROM $table'; // doesn't work randy -- randy sesser@gmail.com