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yeah that sounds about right but how do i create the session can you explain? sry complete novice steve

hi every1 i need help!!!! I am creating a student management system in dreamweaver using php mysql for university and have ran into a problem. I have a log in page where a username and password is entered from the student table and then the user is taken to the next page which is where i would like to display the users name from the database but dunno how??? suggestions??? probably easy but got no clue!! cheers steve

Hi All, Hope somebody can help... the problem is that i have created a log in page for my site using dreamweaver MX and php mysql everything works fine but i would like to display the firstname and surname of the user that has logged in on the next page. My database is set up that the username and password fields are in the same table as the data i want to display if you will Student_Number User_Name Password Surname First_Name if you can understand what i mean i would appriciate some help!!!!