mysql syntax problem

[furtivefelon]

hi, here is the code:

if (isset($_REQUEST['tasksId']))  		
{  			
   $query = "SELECT id, date, topic, status, priority, description, content FROM tasks WHERE id = '" . $_REQUEST['tasksId'] . "'";  			
      if(!($dbResult = mysql_query($query, $dbLink)))  			      {  				
         //can't execute query  				
         print("couldn't query the tasks table!<br>\n");  

	print("mySQL reports: " . mysql_error() . "<br>\n");  			exit(); 
      }
}

and here is the problem when i try to excute that:
Warning: mysql_query(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in C:\WebServ\wwwroot\htdocs\myo\calender\viewevent.php on line 5
couldn't query the tasks table!
mySQL reports:

does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

[devinemke]

are you connected to the database? your code snippet does not suggest that.

[furtivefelon]

shoot, i forgot to include my database config files.. thank you very much for reminding me that! 😉