try: mysql_query("INSERT INTO tablename SET textfield = '".mysql_escape_string($strvar_with_hash_char)."'"); On 7/24/07, Sergio de A.Gonzalez <sergioag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > How to make an insert in a mysql database in string type the '#' > character? > Thanks > sergio > > -- ~ R.L.B. ~ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]