To test if a var is set use isset() eg if(isset($sent)) { etc "Rick Dahl" <dmbserver@hotmail.com> wrote in message BAY2-DAV40ZcTJDvYgp00064af3@hotmail.com">news:BAY2-DAV40ZcTJDvYgp00064af3@hotmail.com... Why won't this work? <html> <title>Edit Show List</title> <body> <?php $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root"); mysql_select_db("websitedb",$db); if($sent) { $sql = "UPDATE bp set sent=$sent where fname=$fname AND lname=$lname"; mysql_query($sql); ?> Sent<br><a href="http://twostep.antsmarching.org/bpedit.php3">Back</a> <?php }else if($received) { $sql = "UPDATE bp set received=$received where fname=$fname AND lname=$lnam;"; mysql_query($sql); ?> Received<br><a href="http://twostep.antsmarching.org/bpedit.php3">Back</a> <?php } else if($delete) { $sql = "DELETE FROM bp WHERE lname=$lname AND fname=$fname"; mysql_query($sql); ?> Delete<br><a href="http://twostep.antsmarching.org/bpedit.php3">Back</a> <?php } $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM bp ORDER by showdate", $db); echo "<table border=1 align=center>\n"; echo "<tr><td align=center>Date</td><td align=center>Name</td><td align=center>Address 1</td><td align=center>Address 2</td><td align=center>City, State Zip</td><td>Received</td><td>Sent</td><td>Edit</td></tr>"; while($myrow = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { printf("<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s %s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s, %s %s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td>", $myrow[7], $myrow[1], $myrow[0], $myrow[2], $myrow[3], $myrow[4], $myrow[5], $myrow[6], $myrow[8], $myrow[9]); printf("<td><a href=\"%s?lname=%s&fname=%s&received=yes\">Received</a>", $PHP_SELF, $myrow[0], $myrow[1]); printf("<br><a href=\"%s?lname=%s&fname=%s&sent=yes\">sent</a>", $PHP_SELF, $myrow[0], $myrow[1]); printf("<br><a href=\"%s?lname=%s&fname=%s&delete=yes\">Delete</a></td></tr>", $PHP_SELF, $myrow[0], $myrow[1]); } -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php