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$department = 1 ;

while ( $department <= 10 ) {	
$query_contact_ . $department = "SELECT * FROM contacts WHERE department = $department order by weight desc";
$contact_ . $department = mysql_query($query_contact_ . $department, $tmw) or die(mysql_error());
$row_contact_ . $department = mysql_fetch_assoc($contact_ . $department); 

$department++;}