basic query design help

[jasondavis]

SELECT auto_id, forum_categry_id, lastid, subject, topic, update_time
FROM friend_forum_topic
WHERE STATUS = "Active"
ORDER BY update_time DESC
LIMIT 0 , 5

above is my current quiery I need to modify it to only get the results from records that forum_categry_id row is NOT = to 28

[NogDog]

WHERE STATUS = "Active" AND forum_categry_id != 28

[spadmore]

or for a group you could say where ..._id not in (28,29,..)

-Shelon Padmore

[laserlight]

Incidentally, I suggest using single quotes (') as string delimiters in SQL since double quotes (") are used as identifier delimiters in many SQL dialects.