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MYSQL Statement with odd results


Balmung-San

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[code]'SELECT * FROM users WHERE users.username='.$visitor_name[/code]

That's the string I'm using for my query. In the sample I'm using, $visitor_name is Pieaholic2004x.

Now, here's the odd part, it keeps tossing this into my source code and stops: Unknown column 'Pieaholic2004x' in 'where clause'

Am I doing something wrong here?
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[!--quoteo(post=374467:date=May 16 2006, 05:59 PM:name=Barand)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Barand @ May 16 2006, 05:59 PM) [snapback]374467[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
A string literal inside a query is assumed to be a column name unless it is in quotes.

Use

[code]$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE users.username = '$visitor_name' ";[/code]
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Ah, awesome, that cleared it right up. Thanks.
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