if your trying to say is to insert a record to a database using PHP... you can do the following.. $field1 = "1"; $field2="Juan"; $field3 = "dela Cruz"; $sql = "insert into tblName values ('$field1','field2','field3')"; mysql_query($sql); or $sql = "insert into tblName (fieldName1, fieldName2, fieldName3) values ('$field1','field2','field3')"; mysql_query($sql); "Sergio de A.Gonzalez" <sergioag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: How to make an insert in a mysql database in string type the '#' character? Thanks sergio --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]