Re: What am I doing wrong here?

>Try this and see what happens: > >$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE first_name=$first_name AND >last_name=$last_name") or die("Error on " . __LINE__ . " of " . >__FILE__ . >": " . mysql_error()); Thank you, this kind of debugging helps a great deal with newbies like me; this way I won't have to ask quite as many stupid questions. It immediately told me the problem. As I suspected and Cal suggested, it was a newbie-ish thing; I needed single quotes around the variables. I knew that, for crying out loud! Nothing like learning a new language to make one humble. I also, feeling around for what Kurth meant, changed the script and form so that they didn't use the same variable names as the table's fields--is that what you meant, Kurth? I figured it couldn't hurt. Anyway, it works now! Thank you, you've saved what hair I have left since I've been tearing it out by the fistfuls over this. Programming as source of mental demangement. :) Lynn -- Lynn Siprelle, Siprelle & Associates: Web Construction and Publishing Chief Assoc. Josephine b. 9/9/97 * New Assoc. Louisa due 5/1/01 Business: lynn@siprelle com | Personal: lynsa@siprelle.com The New Homemaker: http://www.newhomemaker.com/