On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:37 AM, PJ <af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've done some rethingking and this may be the direction to go: > > What I need to wind up with is something like this: > > $sql = "INSERT INTO book_categories ( book_id, category ) > VALUES( '$autoID', '$categoriesID[0]' ), > ( '$autoID', '$categoriesID[1]' ), > ( '$autoID', '$categoriesID[2]' ), > ( '$autoID', '$categoriesID[3]' ) > ( '$autoID', '$categoriesID[4]' )"; > > Does it make sense? > How do I pass the values to the query? > > > > You can run a php loop inside the insert clause. But if its already existing record then it woud be UPDATE clause.