sort in while(list($vars) = mysql_fetch_row($result))

Hi, I'm running into some sorting issues using a while(list($vars) = mysql_fetch_row($result)). I can provide more code if needed, but thought I would try this little bit first to see if I'm missing a fundamental concept and not a detail. In a nutshell, I have a query first.. $result = mysql_query("select id, text, url, m_order from menu where level = 2 && active = 1 order by m_order"); .. the result of this query is sorted correctly by m_order Then I pass it through this.. while(list($id, $text, $url, $m_order) = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { $out .= "$text - $m_order \n"; } echo $out; .. it is now no longer in the order it was in the query. In some results it is, in others it's not. Am I missing something basic? Thanks, verdon Ps. Please cc me if replying as I am on digest mode