> You didn't send much info along, so I assume you're using some version > of MySQL 5.0. Thanks. I figured it out (doesn't need 5.0): CREATE TEMPORARY haha ( KEY (field1), KEY (field2) ) AS SELECT po_no, po_date, item_no FROM ..... WHERE .... Then I don't need the privilege for ALTER TABLE. -- .~. Might. Courage. Vision. Sincerity. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Fedora Core 4) Linux 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 ^ ^ 17:33:02 up 165 days 1:17 1 user load average: 0.03 0.08 0.08 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php