my table looks like this
mysql> select * from loginuser;
+-------+---------------+----------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| usrid | fname | lname | usrname | pass | confpass |
+-------+---------------+----------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| 122 | vijay | ganesan | | vganesan | vganesan |
| 125 | selva | kumar | | skumar | skumar |
| 126 | rangith | fernando | | rfernando | rfernando |
| 119 | madhusudhanan | kannan | | mkannan | mkannan |
+-------+---------------+----------+---------+-----------+-----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
i want to give username as the following query
CODE
$sql="select usrid, concat(left(fname,1),lname) as username from loginuser order by fname;";
$result=mysql_query($sql)or die(mysql_error());
and i want to use the above command and use the password column of pass to login
how could i do it?