How about something like
$link = @mysql_connect($db_server,$db_user,$db_pw);
mysql_select_db($db_name);
mysql_query($sql);
while ($info = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
# $info is an array that contains every column in your row
print_r ($info);
}
mysql_close($ink);
I find that this is the kind of thing that's worth encapsulating in a class (personal opinion).