hi im having major problems deleting multiple messages from the guestbook i have created im new to php so any replies to this problem will have to easy for me to understand i have got my guestbook reading and showing entries and have added checkboxes under each entry for the deletion process heres what it looks like: while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $id = $rows["id"]; $firstname = $rows["first_name"]; $lastname = $rows["last_name"]; /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //// ACCESS THE DATABASE'S timestamp RECORD TO SHOW DATE AND //// TIME ENTRIES WERE MADE ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// $db_date = $rows['time']; $yr = substr($db_date, 0, 4); $mon = substr($db_date,4,2); $day = substr($db_date,6,2); $hour = substr($db_date,8,2); $min = substr($db_date,10,2); $sec = substr($db_date,12,2); $orgdate = date("l F dS, Y h:i A",mktime($hour,$min,$sec,$mon,$day,$year)); ?> <?///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////?> <? //TABLE TO SHOW THE CONTENTS OF USER_MESSAGE DATABASE TABLE ?> <?///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////?> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Queen Vic Message Book</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="delete.php"> <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 $rows['message']; ?> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <TD> <b>Delete Message</b> <input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="$id"> </TD> </P> </BODY> </HTML> <?/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////?> <?//// CLOSES LOOP CREATED FOR ADDING DATA TO TABLE?> <?/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////?> <? } ?> i have tried to make the value of the checkbox the message id (is this right?) what do i need to do next please help i have to hand this project in soon :( thanks -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php