Hi you need to create 5 selects, all named investigator[] with index 1-5 (or 0-4), with the option set to empty for no selection. this will return an array investigator[1] => '1064618047' investigator_yesno[1] => 'Y' investigator[2] => '1649815377' investigator_yesno[2] => 'N' for example <form> <table> <tr> <td> <select name="investigator[1]"> <option value="">Choose person</option> <option value="1064618047">Paul A</option> <option value="1655387822">Katrina A</option> <option value="1649815377">David A</option> </select> is a primary investigator? <input name="investigator_yesno[1]" value="Y" type="radio" checked="checked" />Yes <input name="investigator_yesno[1]" value="N" type="radio" />No </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <select name="investigator[2]"> <option value="">Choose person</option> <option value="1064618047">Paul A</option> <option value="1655387822">Katrina A</option> <option value="1649815377">David A</option> </select> is a primary investigator? <input name="investigator_yesno[2]" value="Y" type="radio" checked="checked" />Yes <input name="investigator_yesno[2]" value="N" type="radio" />No </td> </tr> ...more here .... </table> </form> on the script receiving the data you then need a for loop to insert the records, one for each person for ($i = 1; $i <= 4; $i++) { //only do it if there is a value for $investigator[$i], ie there is a selection if($investigator[$i]) { $query = 'INSERT INTO tbl_report_people (record_id , person_id , investigator_yesno ) VALUES ("'.$record_id[$i].'" , "'.$investigator[$i].'" , "'.$investigator_yesno[$i].'" ) '; $mysql_result = mysql_query($query, $mysql_link); }//end if }//end for hope this helps Peter -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php