mysql_fetch_array

hey all, So in a regular associative array you can walk through the values with a list() = each but after running a query and using mysql_fetch_array, say... $result = mysql_query("select 1 as fred, 2 as barney"); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) the array will have 4 elements. When you walk through them with list()=each(), you'd get this: key : 0, value = 1 key : fred, value = 1 key : 1, value = 2 key : barney, value = 2 It's easy enough to work around this, but I'm curious as to why this assoicative array is a bit different than a normal associative array, where you can get at the values by key or ordinal reference. Is there a good reason for things working this way that I can't think of? -j