Select the largest number

[scraff]

Hello

How do i get the values from a row in a table which has the biggest number in say collum 1?.

i have this code:
SELECT * FROM $table ORDER by collum DESC

But dont know how to use it, it just returns 'Resource id #3'.

Please Help!

Thanks

[superwormy]

www.php.net/mysql_connect
www.php.net/mysql_select_db
www.php.net/mysql_query
www.php.net/mysql_fetch_array

$result = mysql_query (" YOUR SELECT QUERY HERE ") or die (mysql_error ());

while ($array = mysql_fetch_array ($result))
{

print_r ($array);

}