Hi Richard, Thank you for all your time. It is nearly midnight here! All the code including // test sections is <body background="#FFFFFF" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p> <? include("../include/config.php"); /// // To be finished // if (checkdate($month, $day, $year)) {print ("header etc......... redirection if date is wrong //// $exdate = "$year-$month-$day"; $date = date("Y-m-d"); $sql = " INSERT INTO $table (id,date,user,title,brief,body,expires,visible) VALUES(NULL,\"$date\",\"$user\",\"$title\",\"$brief\",\"$body\",\"$exdate\", \"1\") "; ////// test simple SQL // $sql = " // INSERT INTO $table // (NULL,\"$date\",\"$user\",\"$title\",\"$brief\",\"$body\",\"$exdate\",\"1\") // "; $connection = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbusername, $dbpass) or die ("Could not connect to database"); // if ($connection) { $msg = "Database Connection Established"; } // echo ($msg); $db = mysql_select_db($dbname) or die ("could not select db."); $result = mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die ("Could not execute query"); // $result = mysql_query("insert into $table (user) values ('toby');",$connection) or die ("Could not execute query"); // if ($result) { $msg = "<br>News Article added"; } // echo ($msg); $close = mysql_close($connection) or die("Could not close database"); if ($close) {echo ("<br>Database closed");}; ?> Toby Parkins -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php