[snip] > If I understand you correctly, this is probably something like what > you want to do: > > ALTER TABLE foo ADD bar VARCHAR(20); > > (don't know how long the field needs to be). MD5() result is always 32 characters. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php