Well the ORDER BY is supposed to be after the WHERE statement.. Try that :)
Rick
"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 13:05:19 +1000
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [PHP] Problem with
>
> I have the following code for a mySQL query in php:
>
> $text = "sort_text";
>
> $query = "SELECT code FROM links ORDER BY $text WHERE ".$text." like
> '".$l."%'";
>
> $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed");
>
> When I do the query I get Query failed.
>
> When I remove the sort parameter they are all printed correctly(except the
> fact the aren't in alphabetical order)
>
> I am a newbie so be nice.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> JJ Harrison
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