Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 02/13/07 22:42

kirke (hinkyeol@gmail.com) writes:
> Hi I wanna put string in query "where" part.
>
> For example,
>
> $sql="select VEHICLE
> FROM database
> WHERE MECHANIC =BRIAN
> ";
>
> like above, "mechanic" column is filled with strings. Then how can I
> write "where" part?
> Above query does not work.

Does this:

$sql="select VEHICLE FROM database WHERE MECHANIC = 'BRIAN';

Or what do you mean with "filled with strings"?


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