while loop driving me crazy

I've used a similar structure hundreds of times, but the following isn't working: $result = mysql_query($sql, $db); if( !$result ) { echo "No result code in SQL send. <br>"; } if( mysql_num_rows( $result ) >= 1 ) { echo "Rows fetched: ", mysql_num_rows( $result ), "<br>"; while( $row = mysql_fetch_array( $result ) ) ; {

      //$password = $row[ password ];
      //$first_name = $row[ first_name ];
      //$last_name = $row[ last_name ];
      //$email = $row[ email ];

      echo "In the while!!<br>"; 
      echo $row[ password ] . "<br>" ;

      // there will be code here to build and send an email

} echo "<hr>"; echo "Mailing of passwords completed. <br><br>" echo "<input type = \"submit\" name = \"action[]\" value= \" $Close \" onclick=\"window.close()\"></td>"; } The sql statement show below has been tested interactively, it does return 5 records and none of them are nulls. --- begin sql --- select first_name, last_name, password, email from subscriber where lpasswd_mailed = 0 and email != '' --- end sql --- Here's the output from the browser: ---------- top of browser ------- Rows fetched: 5 In the while!! <horizontal rule > Mailing of passwords completed. <CLOSE BUTTON> --------end of output ---------- I believe it should show, in addition to the record count..

          "In the while" 5 times, interspersed with password values.

What is the dumb obvious thing I'm missing? Regards - Miles Thompson