this is WEAK!

[johnt]

Why? (Note the extra space after "me" in the second select)

Your MySQL connection id is 6021 to server version: 3.23.41-log

mysql> select contact from options where member='me';
+---------+
| contact |
+---------+
| me      |
+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select contact from options where member='me ';
+---------+
| contact |
+---------+
| me      |
+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)