[snip] $sql = INSERT INTO tblname (USERID,FULLNAME,SSN,STARTDATE) VALUES (trim($row[USERID]),trim($row[FULLNAME]),trim($row[SSNO]),trim($row[STAR TDAT E])); [/snip] Time to quote and concatenate and make pretty... $sql = "INSERT INTO tblname (USERID,FULLNAME,SSN,STARTDATE) "; $sql .= "VALUES ( "; $sql .= "'" . trim($row['USERID']) . "', "; $sql .= "'" . trim($row['FULLNAME']) . "', "; $sql .= "'" . trim($row['SSNO']) . "', "; $sql .= "'" . trim($row['STARTDATE']) . "' "; $sql .= ") "; This will make things easier to maintain as well. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php