Trackpad unable to select/click

I am not able to click or select with my trackpad. I am able to move the cursor and it is able to make the clicking sound and physically move up and down as a click. I am just unable to click or select. I am able to use my usb mouse and it's functions are working. I checked my trackpad system preferences and everything seems normal. What's going on with this?
I have a 2009 15" aluminum macbook pro. I purchased it December of 2009.

We have the same problem as well. We didn't do anything that should have caused a problem... It just doesn't work anymore. We had to use a USB mouse to enable the trackpad "tap to click" and that works now... but it still doesn't do anything if we physically push the trackpad down.
So. It is somewhat functional, but somewhat functional isn't good enough.

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Hi,
copy and paste the code given below it works....
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