here's how i do it
$query = "SELECT * FROM $db WHERE id=$id";
$result = mysql_query($query, $mysql_access);
//line 21, 22 is below....
$row = mysql_fetch_row($result);
echo "<table width=\"675\" height=\"600\" border=\"1\" bordercolor=\"black\" borderstyle=\"solid\" align=center>";
echo "<tr><td class=show>Year</td><td class=howto> ".$row["2"];
echo "</td></tr><tr><td class=show>Model</td><td class=howto height=25> ".$row["3"];
echo "</td></tr><tr><td class=show>Type of How To</td><td class=howto height=25> ".$row["4"];
echo "</td></tr><tr><td class=show>Mod Name</td><td class=howto height=25> ".$row["5"];
echo "</td></tr><tr><td class=show>Estimated Time to complete mod</td><td class=howto height=25> ".$row["6"];
echo "</td></tr><tr><td class=show>Description</td><td class=howto height=25> ".$row["7"];
echo "</td></tr><tr><td class=show>Steps and Procedure<td class=steps> ".$row["8"];
echo "</td></tr><tr><td class=show>Created by<td class=howto height=25> ".$row["9"];
echo "</td></tr></table>";
that even puts it in a nice table for you.... sorry for all the classes, they run of a stylesheet.
it's a owrking script that I am using as a test 🙂
good luck, i hope i was able to help you