output su una sola riga

[paplo]

query="select pippo from tabella where id='2'"; 
$result=mysql_query($query); 
<table> 
$temp='';
WHILE($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { 
if ($temp!=$nome){
echo '<tr>';
echo '<td>'.$nome.'</td>';
echo '<td>'.$ciao.'</td>';
echo '<td>'; 
}

echo '
'.$pippo; 

if ($temp!=$nome){
echo '</td>';
echo '</tr>'; 
$temp=$nome;
}

} 
</table>