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IN ( SELECT * ...) <br />
is wrong, as SELECT * returns multiple columns.<br />
this would work better:<br />

<pre><code id="code-354037">$data = mysql_query(&quot;SELECT username, first_name, last_name, middle_name FROM users WHERE username IN (SELECT username  FROM users WHERE state_id=&quot;.$session_state_id.&quot;) ORDER BY &quot;.$sorter.&quot; ASC&quot;);
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IN ( SELECT * ...)
is wrong, as SELECT * returns multiple columns.
this would work better:


$data = mysql_query("SELECT username, first_name, last_name, middle_name FROM users WHERE username IN (SELECT username  FROM users WHERE state_id=".$session_state_id.") ORDER BY ".$sorter." ASC");


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of course, gamebits's query code is more efficient, anyhow :)
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of course, gamebits's query code is more efficient, anyhow :)

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Ughh... painfully obvious when I see what you done. &nbsp;Thanks. <br />

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Ughh... painfully obvious when I see what you done.  Thanks.


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&quot; painfully obvious &quot;&nbsp;believe me I know the feeling, thanks for the points and the grade.
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" painfully obvious " believe me I know the feeling, thanks for the points and the grade.

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When I run the sql query below I get an error that says &quot;Operand should contain 1 column(s)&quot; &nbsp;It is probably something simple I'm new to trying to write two statements together. &nbsp;Any thoughts?<br />

<pre><code id="code-354034">$data = mysql_query(&quot;SELECT username, first_name, last_name, middle_name FROM users WHERE username IN (SELECT * FROM users WHERE state_id=&quot;.$session_state_id.&quot;) ORDER BY &quot;.$sorter.&quot; ASC&quot;)
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When I run the sql query below I get an error that says "Operand should contain 1 column(s)"  It is probably something simple I'm new to trying to write two statements together.  Any thoughts?

SQL query error:  Operand should contain 1 column(s)

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