Hi kristina, >[...] I can see that phpMyAdmin does this, > which is great but I > need it for joe public to be able to > use. so I don't > want them using phpMyAdmin. If you can't use phpMyAdmin try to make it with SQL-Import or a similar function. For mysql you have documentation under http://www.mysql.com in English and http://www.mysql.de for German. Regards, Ruprecht ---------------------------------- Ruprecht Helms IT-Service und Softwareentwicklung Tel/Fax.: +49[0]7621 16 99 16 Homepage: http://www.rheyn.de email: info@rheyn.de ---------------------------------- -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php