> But now I'm not using anything that I can check except for the > button click. Any ideas how to do this? assign a name to the button and check for that. <input type="submit" name="action" value="Show List"> ... if ($_REQUEST["action"] == "Show List") { /* form was submitted */ ... } else { /* form hasn't been submitted, show it */ ... } -j. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php