> OK. This sounds great, but now I am getting a completely different > error message. > > You have an error in your SQL syntax near '-sys) VALUES('sn4265-turner')' at > line 1 > > Here is the INSERT statement: > > $query = "INSERT INTO accounts (id-sys) VALUES('".$accnts[0]."')"; > > Do I have to rename the column? I would rather not if I can avoid > it. If I must, is this a problem with PHP or MySQL not understanding '-' in > a column name? Thanks again. Try putting backtics (not single quotes) around the column name. $query = "INSERT INTO accounts (`id-sys`) VALUES ('".$accnts[0]."')"; if that don't work, you'll have to rename the column. ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php