query returns...empty

[jimfog]

I have a table, with one row in it, one of the columns is named bus_userstype this specific column at this specific row has a value of 1. I am trying to retrieve that value with the below query:

SELECT *FROM busines_usersWHERE bus_userstype =1

I am writing the above query not within a PHP script but from with PHPMyAdmin. The message I get though(from PHPMyAdmin) does not make sense:

MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows). ( Query took 0.0005 sec )

How can it return an empty result set if there is a value of 1 as I mention above?

[justsomeguy]

If there is a matching row then it won't return an empty result set.

[jimfog]

Well...the query was wrong after all-its syntax I mean,the 1 had to be enclosed in quotation marks.

[justsomeguy]

You need to trust the database. Databases wouldn't be very useful if they returned incorrect results. Instead of asking "why is the database broken" you should be asking "what am I missing?"