See inline: [snip] > ................ > > > { > > if ($skill != '') // Has this skill been > > entered? > > I don't know if I care if it's been entered. My main > concern would be to make sure that if a $skill was > entered, then a matching $skys and $slus > should be: > skills[0]-baker skys[0]-7 slus[0]-2002 > > but wouldn't want > skill[0]-baker skys[1]-7 slus[2]-2002 > So, you want to avoid all of the following: skill[0] 'baker' skys[0] '7' slus[0] '' skill[1] 'baker' skys[1] '' slus[1] '2002' skill[2] '' skys[2] '7' slus[2] '2002' skill[3] '' skys[3] '' slus[3] '' You'll need to amend the if within the foreach loop to check for these. if ($skill != '' && $skys[$key] != '' && $slus[$key] != '') > In other words I need to figure out how to check that > each "line" is complete. But~ right now, it is > matching all the values/inputs correctly. If someone > just chose a slus, seems the database won't take it. But is this due to the sql statement being rejected as opposed to being caught by your validation? > > > { > > // You may also want to check for sky & slu > > entries > > Not sure why I would want too: You would want to because of the paragraph above about "My main concern..." > > > > //$result = mysql_query($query); > > > $res6 = run_query($query); > > > echo $query; > > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > What does this output? > > It outputs the insert and values string. > And it seems to print the iteration: > > INSERT INTO LurkProfiles_Skicerts (SkicertID, > ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) VALUES (null, > 39, 'aaaaa', 2,1)INSERT INTO LurkProfiles_Skicerts > (SkicertID, ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) > VALUES (null, 39, 'bbbbb', 3,2)INSERT INTO > LurkProfiles_Skicerts (SkicertID, ProfileID, > SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) VALUES (null, 39, 'ccccc', > 4,3)INSERT INTO LurkProfiles_Skicerts (SkicertID, > ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) VALUES (null, > 39, 'ddddd', 5,4)INSERT INTO LurkProfiles_Skicerts > (SkicertID, ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) > VALUES (null, 39, 'eeeee', 6,5)your insertions were > successful This is OK, it's just a formatting thing, try changing your echo to: echo "Query $key = $query <br>"; This should give you: Query 0 = INSERT INTO LurkProfiles_Skicerts (SkicertID,ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) VALUES (null,39, 'aaaaa', 2,1) Query 1 = INSERT INTO LurkProfiles_Skicerts (SkicertID, ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) VALUES (null,9, 'bbbbb', 3,2) Query 2 = INSERT INTO LurkProfiles_Skicerts (SkicertID, ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) VALUES (null, 9, 'ccccc', 4,3) Query 3 = INSERT INTO LurkProfiles_Skicerts (SkicertID, ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) VALUES (null,39, 'ddddd', 5,4) Query 4 = INSERT INTO LurkProfiles_Skicerts (SkicertID, ProfileID, SkilCerts, NumYear, Lused) VALUES (null, 9, 'eeeee', 6,5) > > > }// end if ($skill != '') > > This probably makes sense to add , perhaps that is why > if I don't use all the elements for input I get a > syntax error. Possibly... Graham -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php