2009/1/15 tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> > At 9:46 AM -0800 1/15/09, Chris Carter wrote: > > Chris: > > That's not the way I would do it. After establishing a connection with the > database, I would use the query: > > $query "SELECT email FROM owners WHERE email = '$emailAddress' ": > $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); > > if(mysql_affected_rows()) > { > // then report a duplicate email/record. > } > else > { > // else insert a new record in the dB. > } > > HTH's > > tedd You should not forget to use mysql_real_escape_string() just as Daniel Brown explained... -eddy