Query Woes

[timstring]

This makes absolutely no sense: When I run this query:


$namepost = "Gilbert";
$Quest = "SELECT * FROM `Users` WHERE `TechID` = `$namepost`";

MySQL returns the error message: "Unknown column 'Gilbert' in 'where clause'" TechID is my column name, not "Gilbert" If I take "$namepost" out of the query and replace it with a definite value, it works

[Altrea]

use single-quotes ' for strings, and backticks ` for table and column names.