Passing DB field to $variable

[WLHosting]

Hello, I am working on an order form script and I am making it work with a database instead of being "hard coded". I am trying to use a db field as a variable to email. I have the following code hard coded into the script now:

$mstText = "Name:  $name";
mail($to, $subject, $msgText, "To: $to <$to>\n" . "From: $to <$to>\n"); 

I was told that the following code would do that but it doesn't work:

$q = mysql_query("SELECT mess FROM order_message WHERE id=1");
list($msgText) = mysql_fetch_array($q);
mail($to, $subject, $msgText, "To: $to <$to>\n" . "From: $to <$to>\n"); 

Any Suggestions?

[Wankster]

Not: mysql_fetch_array, but: mysql_fetch_row