not workin??! mysql while loop

[MDanz]

<?php

mysql_connect("localhost", "Master", "pword");
mysql_select_db("db");

$official2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Contribute WHERE stack LIKE '%comic%' ORDER BY points DESC")or die (mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($official2)) {
$officaluser = $row['username'];

$officalpoints = $row['points'];



echo "<table><tr><td align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3px' color='#D99C29'><strong><a href='ustack.php?search=$officialuser' style='text-decoration: none'>$officialuser</a></strong></font></td><td align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3px' color='#FFFFFF'><strong>$officialpoints</strong></font></td></tr></table>";

}
?>

 

the page is coming up blank??!?

[DavidAM]

The query may not be returning any rows, in which case your script does not produce any output.  After executing the query, add a check to see if it succeeded:

 

if ($official2 === false) {
  echo 'Query Failed: ' . mysql_error();
}