Posted by Jay Blanchard on 12/21/05 15:33

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> $query=" SELECT title FROM $cat WHERE id='$id'";
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echo $query; // does it look right to you?
Alway throw an error when in question

if(!($result = mysql_query($query, $connection))){
echo mysql_error() . "<br>\n";
exit();
}

My bet is that you need to concatenate

$query = "SELECT title FROM " . $cat . " WHERE id = '". $id ."' ";

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