Why doesn't this work? $query = "SELECT * FROM `restaurants` WHERE name ='$ucName' AND address = '$ucAddress' " ; $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); echo $result; $row = mysql_fetch_array ($result); $sql = "INSERT INTO `restaurants` (name, address, inDate, inType, notes, critical, cviolations, noncritical) VALUES (" ; $sql .= " '$ucName', '$ucAddress', '$inDate', '$inType', '$notes', '$critical', '$cleanViolations', '$noncritical')"; $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); The error I keep getting is: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use And I have gone in the mySQL panel and let it make the query ....so I'm really stumped why it hangs ... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php