mysql_data_seek Move internal result pointer boolmysql_data_seek resourceresult_identifier introw_number &return.success; mysql_data_seek moves the internal row pointer of the MySQL result associated with the specified result identifier to point to the specified row number. The next call to mysql_fetch_row would return that row. Row_number starts at 0. The row_number should be a value in the range from 0 to mysql_num_rows - 1. The function mysql_data_seek can be used in conjunction only with mysql_query, not with mysql_unbuffered_query. = 0; $i--) { if (!mysql_data_seek($result, $i)) { echo "Cannot seek to row $i: " . mysql_error() . "\n"; continue; } if(!($row = mysql_fetch_object($result))) continue; echo "$row->last_name $row->first_name
\n"; } mysql_free_result($result); ?> ]]> See also: mysql_query, mysql_num_rows.