Getting an error - Warning: mysql_fetch_array() [closed]
<?php


$MemberDisplayList = '<table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="6">
              <tr>  ';

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT id, firstname FROM myMembers WHERE email_activated='1' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 9");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
    $id = $row["id"];
    $firstname = $row["firstname"];
    $firstname = substr($firstname, 0, 10);

    $check_pic = "members/$id/image01.jpg";
    if (file_exists($check_pic)) {
        $user_pic = "<img src="members/$id/image01.jpg" width="64px" border="0" />";
    } else {
        $user_pic = "<img src="members/0/image01.jpg" width="64px" border="0" />";
    }
    $MemberDisplayList .= '<td><a href="profile.php?id=' . $id . '"><font size="-2">' . $firstname . '</font></a><br />
    <div style=" height:64px; overflow:hidden;"><a href="profile.php?id=' . $id . '">' . $user_pic . '</a></div></td>';

}

$MemberDisplayList .= '              </tr>
            </table>  ';
?>

<?php
require_once('connect_my_sql.php');
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql))
$db_host = "localhost";
$db_username = "amirato";
$db_pass = "gapa";
$db_name = "rato";
mysql_connect("$db_host","$db_username","$db_pass") or die ("could not connect to mysql");
mysql_select_db("$db_name") or die ("no database");
?>

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
  ...
}