update statement not effective

<?php
.
.
.
mysql_connect($host,$username,$password);
if (!mysql_select_db($database))
    die("Can't select database");
$query="UPDATE table SET a='$A', b='$B', c='$C', WHERE id='$ID'";

$checkresult = mysql_query($query);
if ($checkresult) {
echo "Success";
} else {
echo "Sorry, it failed !";
}
mysql_close();
?>

The script will edit and replace the field with new information gained by input.

It will echo Success as expected, but the row开发者_JAVA百科 hasn't changed.

How can this be fixed?

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change this:

$query="UPDATE table SET a='$A', b='$B', c='$C', WHERE id='$ID'";

with this:

$query="UPDATE table SET a='{$A}', b='{$B}', c='{$C}' WHERE id='{$ID}'";

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There shouldn't be a comma before the "where". But I would think that would give you a syntax error, not get a bogus success return.