re: display all information from table

if i'm understanding you correctly, you can just leave off the 'where' clause: select * from $table this will return all fields/rows from the table designated by $table, and as i've implied here, you can use a variable for the table name. is this what you meant? James Montz wrote: >>>>>From all I have seen, you typically specify the column names in that particular table. But since I want the ability to >>>>>choose from any table, this wont work.