a questions about mysql_fetch_array()

whenever i use this, i'm leaving out one item from the array. in other
words, one row from the table i'm querying won't show up. i'm new at
php, and this is probably a simple thing, but please help of you can.
here's an example that leaves out the most recent submission:

$query = "SELECT topic, message, author, DATE_FORMAT(posted, '%M %e,
%Y') AS d FROM messageboard ORDER BY posted DESC";

$result = @mysql_query ($query);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);


while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result, MYSQL_ASSOC) ) {

echo"<p> {$row['topic']}<br>
{$row['message']}
<br>Posted by {$row['author']} on {$row['d']}
<br>";

}

In article <4c3827cd.0404241052.36a88b62@posting.google.com >, lsarg wrote:[color=blue]
> whenever i use this, i'm leaving out one item from the array. in other
> words, one row from the table i'm querying won't show up. i'm new at
> php, and this is probably a simple thing, but please help of you can.
> here's an example that leaves out the most recent submission:
>
> $query = "SELECT topic, message, author, DATE_FORMAT(posted, '%M %e,
> %Y') AS d FROM messageboard ORDER BY posted DESC";
>
> $result = @mysql_query ($query);
> $row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);[/color]

here $row contains the first row that is returned from your query
[color=blue]
> while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result, MYSQL_ASSOC) ) {[/color]

the first time you here, $row will containt the 2nd row from your query[color=blue]
> }[/color]

Suggestion: Leave the first $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result) away.

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