DELETE FROM

[ameliabob]

I am trying to execute the following code

	            $qry = "DELETE FROM holdings WHERE 'rowId' = '".$row."'";
echo("alertAhead of delete.  ".$qry);
            $result= mysqli_query($cxn,$qry)or die("FinishExit Delete failed. ".mysqli_error($cxn)."   *** Qry was ".$qry);
	

the $qry variable when filled out is    DELETE FROM holdings WHERE 'rowId' = '9'

but the row is still in the database when I look at it with phpAdmin  and the die was not executed.

If I run  a query "select from holdings where rowId = '9' it is still there.

I have tried using a fictitious name in the delete and the die does work for that

Where should I look from here?

[dsonesuk]

You never use single quotes around field/column name, in certain circumstances it would be be backticks ` not '.