[snip] > if ($dateDiff == 3) { > mysql("$DBName","UPDATE Balances SET CompEarned=CompTaken+8 WHERE > said='$said'") or die(mysql_error()); > mysql("$DBName","INSERT INTO Log VALUES('DATE_ADD($StopDate, > INTERVAL 1 DAY','',1,2,'$CalendarDetailsID')") or die(mysql_error()); > > My big question is about using the "DATE_ADD" MySQL function inside > the INSERT statement. Is this allowed? If it is allowed, is it a bad idea > for some reason? Is there a better way of doing this? Thanks in advance. Sure, that's allowed. You have $StopDate in PHP, so you could do it with some math in PHP, also, but then you'd have to worry about the end of months, years, etc, whereas DATE_ADD will do this for you. ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php