> queries in the command-line MySQL client. If it works there but not > through mysqli_query() then you might have a case for asking here. For the 13081 chinese alphabets I tried, only 1 one failed, and it's 0x9f54. mysqli_query() should have escaped the string for me. So ... I suppose most PHP programmers are also experts in MySQL (they are basically tied). SO I tried my luck here. :) -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.20.4 ^ ^ 21:24:01 up 1 day 8:36 0 users load average: 1.00 1.02 1.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php