error in MySQL the right syntax to use

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require_once 'head.php';
$query = "SELECT 'name', 'pass' FROM 'users'"; //ERROR HERE
if($run_query = mysql_query($query))
{
echo 'success';
}else
{
echo mysql_error();
}
?>

here is the return error

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You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''users'' at line 1

i tried to fix it and the new error im getting

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$query = "SELECT `name`, `pass` FROM `users`"; //Error: No database selected

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$query = "SELECT name, pass FROM users"; //Error: No database selected

what is wrong with the code ? any one can help pls ? thanks
im using the latest versio of xampp and also i tried the older version 1.7.4 but still doesnt work

Posted 1-Apr-13 23:30pm

Ronni2013

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-01T23:33:00

Solution 1

Well, have you selected a database?
See: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-select-db.php[^]

Posted 1-Apr-13 23:33pm

Zoltán Zörgő

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Ronni2013 2-Apr-13 5:52am

yes i did, it included on head.php
$mysql_db = "a_user";
mysql_connect($mysql_host, $mysql_user, $mysql_pass) or die('couldnt connect');
mysql_select_db($mysql_db) or die('couldnt connect to db');

Ronni2013 2-Apr-13 5:56am

never mind i found my error it was on head.php...thanks
fixed it with
$query = "SELECT `name`, `pass` FROM `users`";