Problem applying texture using opengl+sdl (solved)

SOLVED: the texture that was being loaded turned out to be corrupted

So I’m using opengl with sdl and am having a problem where a white square is showing up instead of a square with the texture bound to it.

Most of this code is pieced together from multiple tutorials, so please point out if something is terribly wrong.

Init function:

glViewport(0,0,640,480);						
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);						
glLoadIdentity();									
gluPerspective(45.0f,(GLfloat)640/(GLfloat)480,0.1f,100.0f);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);							
glLoadIdentity();
glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);						
glShadeModel(GL_SMOOTH);						
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.5f);				
glClearDepth(1.0f);							
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);						
glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL);							
glHint(GL_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION_HINT, GL_NICEST);

GLuint useTexture;			
SDL_Surface* surface;
    if ( (surface = loadImg(path)) ) {

        // Have OpenGL generate a texture object handle for us
        glGenTextures( 1, &useTexture );

        // Bind the texture object
        glBindTexture( GL_TEXTURE_2D, useTexture );



        // Edit the texture object's image data using the information SDL_Surface gives us
        glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 3, surface->w, surface->h, 0,GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, surface->pixels );

                // Set the texture's stretching properties
            glTexParameteri( GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR );
            glTexParameteri( GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR );
    }
    else {
        printf("SDL could not load image.bmp: %s
", SDL_GetError());
        SDL_Quit();
        return 1;
    }

render function:

	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);	
	glLoadIdentity();					
	glTranslatef(-1.5f,0.0f,-6.0f);							

    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, useTexture);				
	glBegin(GL_QUADS);
		glTexCoord2f(0.0f, 0.0f); glVertex3f(-1.0f, -1.0f,  1.0f);	
		glTexCoord2f(1.0f, 0.0f); glVertex3f( 1.0f, -1.0f,  1.0f);	
		glTexCoord2f(1.0f, 1.0f); glVertex3f( 1.0f,  1.0f,  1.0f);	
		glTexCoord2f(0.0f, 1.0f); glVertex3f(-1.0f,  1.0f,  1.0f);	
	glEnd();


    SDL_GL_SwapBuffers();