Subject ... how to? here is an example: <?php $tmp = " <table width='175' cellSpacing='0' cellPadding='0' border='0' align='right'><tr> <td align='center' vAlign='middle' style=\"border: 1px solid black; background-color: #f0f0f0;\"> Sample text in table. </td> </tr></table> "; pg_connect("host=localhost dbname=daatabase user=web_user password=password"); pg_query("insert into site_common values ('01','00','".$tmp."')"); ?> Here is an error: Warning: pg_query() query failed: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "175" in /w/devel/test/dbinsert.php on line 80 Any ideas? / Clio