>> >> > When you know there is only one row to be returned you can do this: > > $photo_category_list = ""; > $SQL = "SELECT category_id, category_name FROM gallery_category ORDER by category_order"; > try { > $stmt = $dbh->prepare($SQL); > $stmt->execute(); > list( $id, $name) = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM)); > } > } > catch (PDOException $e){ > echo 'Error getting category name. ' . $e->getMessage(); > } > > echo $id; > echo $name; > > And you could also do > > list( $result["id"], $result["name"]) = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM)); > > > -- > Stephen > Thanks very much for your help Stephen - I will try this asap! -- Thanks, Dave - DealTek dealtek@xxxxxxxxx [db-3]