Need Help Writing A Query

[rjrasmussen]

Hello,

I am very new to php/mysql, but I've learned a decent amount about it as of late
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I'm trying to write a query for a dynamic list. The list is supposed show all user level 1's from a given state (i.e. CT, MA, ME).

The state it shows depends on a login_id session variable I've been using for every other page.

This is what I've come up with so far...am I on the right track? How can I build on this to get it to pull the information I want?

SELECT odb_members.id, odb_members.user_lvl, odb_members.name_first, odb_members.name_middle, odb_members.name_last, odb_members.addr_state
FROM odb_members
WHERE odb_members.user_lvl = 1
AND odb_members.addr_state=sessvar1

This query only pulls the correct information if I have addr_state equal to 'CT' or whatever other state you can think of.

The complexity of this kind of baffles me, because if the addr_state=sessvar1, then I have to put the same session variable somewhere else to tell it what the sessvar1 refers to.

On other pages, it goes: odb_members.id = sessvar1

I could really use some help on this.
I really do appreciate the time and effort, as I'm very, very interested in becoming proficient in this area.
Thanks so much.

[R0bb0b]

Don't know if this helps but this would be the correct way to do it in php:

$query = "SELECT odb_members.id, odb_members.user_lvl, odb_members.name_first, odb_members.name_middle, odb_members.name_last, odb_members.addr_state
FROM odb_members
WHERE odb_members.user_lvl = 1
AND odb_members.addr_state='" . mysql_real_escape_string($_SESSION['sessvar1'], $dbconn) . "'";