<html>
<body bgcolor="Silver" text="Darkred" link="Cornflowerblue" vlink="Darkmagenta">
<form action="edit.php" method="post">
<table border="0" bgcolor="gainsboro" width="100%" height="800px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="80%" >
<table border="2" width="100%" height="800px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" bgcolor="CC6600">
<tr height="100px" >
<td width="100%" bgcolor="gainsboro"><!right TOP>
<br>
<FONT face="COMIC SANS" TEXT="Darkred"size="4"><center><b><u>JOB DESCRIPTION</u></b></center></font></font>
<input name="code" type="hidden" id="code" value="<? echo $_POST['jobcode'];?>"></td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr height="600px" bgcolor="gainsboro" >
<td width="100%" bgcolor="gainsboro" ALIGN="center"><!right middle >
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "intelinside");
if(!$con)
{
die("could not connect" . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("recruitment", $con);
$code= $_POST['jobcode'];
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM job WHERE jobcode='$code'");
/*echo "<table width='50%' border='2'>
<tr>
</tr>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td width='10%'>" . "JOBCODE: " . "</td>";
target='_blank' >" );
echo "<td>" . $row['jobcode'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo("<td width='10%'>" ."SUBJECT: " . "</td>");
echo("<td>" .$row['subject'] . "</td>");
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo("<td width='10%'>" . "DESCRIPTION: " . "</td>");
echo("<td>" . $row['description'] . "</td>");
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo("<td width='10%'>" . "NUMBER OF OPENINGS: " . "</td>");
echo "<td>" . $row['opening'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo("<td width='10%'>" . "DATE OF JOB POSTED: " . "</td>");
echo "<td>" . $row['postdate'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo("<td width='10%'>" . "LAST DATE OF APPLICATION: " . "</td>");
echo "<td>" . $row['lastdate'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";*/
mysql_close($con);
?>
<center><table width="50%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td><b>POSTING DATE :</b></td>
<td><?php echo date("d/m/Y"); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>JOB CODE :</b></td>
<td><input type="TEXT" size="10" name="code" value="<? $code ? >" /></b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>JOB SUBJECT :</b></td>
<td><input type="TEXT" size="50" name="subject" value="" /></b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>JOB DESCRIPTION :</b></td>
<td><textarea cols="50" rows="10" name="description"></textarea></b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>NUMBER OF OPENINGS :</b></td>
<td> <input type="TEXT" size="10" name="opening" value="" /></b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>URL :</b></td>
<td><b> description.php </b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>LAST DATE :</b></td>
<td> <input type="TEXT" size="10" name="lastdate" value="<? echo $lastdate; ?>" /></b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><center><input type="submit" name="submit" value="SUBMIT"></center></td>
</tr>
</table></center>
<BR>
<BR>
<input type="submit" name="click" value="EDIT THIS JOB?">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
the commented portion is jus displayin the details but not in an editable format.
the portion below it is the format i want but its not displayin the value from the table.