$query = "INSERT INTO sheet1 (title, fname, sname, job_title, organisation, street, postcode, city, telephone, mobile, fax, email, web, add_info) VALUES ('$title', '$fname', '$sname', '$job_title', '$organisation', '$street', '$postcode', '$city', '$telephone', '$mobile', '$fax', '$email', '$web', '$add_info')"; $result= mysql_query($query); if($result){ echo "sucess"; } why yould this not work? I can retrievethe data but not write any data to the database?? R. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php