thanks all for the help, I substituted GET for POST in
\"{$_GET['surname']}\""
figured that I needed a 2nd php file which was invoked from the submit
button on the first and hey presto it works :)
"Paul Duggan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> is anyone away of any tutorials as I'm having difficulty constructing the
> remainder of my code. Thanks for the replies!
> "Paul Duggan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > if I create a text box:
> >
> > <body>
> >
> > <form action="nextpage.html" method="GET" name="myform">
> >
> > <input type="Text" name="surname" align="TOP" size="25"><br>
> >
> > <input type="Submit" value="Submit" align="MIDDLE">
> >
> > </form>
> >
> >
> > how do I go about extracting a surname from a mysql database?
> >
> >
> >
> > will it be something along the lines?
> >
> > select firstname,surname
> > from employees
> > where surname = textbox.surname;
> >
> >
> > new to this so im trying to get my head around it, basically i just want
> to
> > search a mysql database by someones surname.
> >
> > cheers!
> >
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