hello i have been trying to delete items from a guestbook using multiple checkbox fields but have had no success this is the code i have been using to add the checkbox's to the records: while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { <?///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////?> <? //TABLE TO SHOW THE CONTENTS OF USER_MESSAGE DATABASE TABLE ?> <?///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////?> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Queen Vic Message Book</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="600" BORDERCOLOR=#F00000> <TR> <b>Date/Time Posted:</b> <? echo $orgdate; ?> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Name:</b> <? echo $rows['name']; ?></TD> <TD><b>Email:</b> <A HREF="mailto:<? echo $rows['email']; ?>"> <? echo $rows['email']; ?></TR></TD> <TR><TD COLSPAN="4"> <? echo $rows['message']; ?> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <TD> <b>Delete Message</b> <INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="DELETE" VALUE="Y"> </TD> </P> </BODY> </HTML> <?/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////?> <?//// CLOSES LOOP CREATED FOR ADDING DATA TO TABLE?> <?/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////?> <? } ?> this does add a checkbox to every record in the guestbook how do i link the checkbox to each message id (which are auto incremented) and then pass some code to delete every checked item?? please help me!!!! thanks -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php