Use the dual table questions and answers suggestion before. Then just use a loop: $question = mysql_query("select * from questions where id={$this_question}"); while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($question)) { $answers = mysql_query("select * from answers where qid={$r[id]}"); while ($s = mysql_fetch_array($answers)) { print "<question input and labels>"; } } On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Leif K-Brooks wrote: > I'm working on a polling system, and I'm having a bit of a problem. I'm > not sure how to store the questions. Storing them in a seperate table > would require a query for each poll displayed - not good. I've also > thought of storing them as a serialized array. Any thoughts on this? > > -- > The above message is encrypted with double rot13 encoding. Any unauthorized attempt to decrypt it will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Systems Engineer, Fairfax Cable Access Corporation beckman@purplecow.com http://www.purplecow.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php