Hi everyone I changed the code a bit. Using the file tmp now. Here's the code and the error (still error but less) Thanks for the help upload.php ----------------------------------------- <? phpinfo(); echo $_POST['userfile']['tmp']; if (is_uploaded_file($_POST['userfile'])) copy($userfile, $HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name']); else echo "error. File: $userfile."; $filename=$HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name']; $fd = fopen ($_FILES["userfile"]["tmp_name"], "rb"); $contents = fread ($fd, filesize($filename)); fclose($fd); $escaped_contents=mysql_escape_string($contents); // Connecting, selecting database $link = mysql_connect("localhost", "",""); mysql_select_db("bus8646",$db); // Performing SQL query; assuming that the "picture" is a BLOB field $query = "UPDATE studentpart SET pic='$escaped_contents' WHERE loginname='lulu'"; $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed"); // Closing connection mysql_close($link); ?> error code ------------------------------------------ error. File: /tmp/phpObl8LE. Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: Stat failed for b_about.gif (errno=2 - No such file or directory) in /home/bus8646/www/tryout/upload.php on line 10 Warning: mysql_select_db(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/bus8646/www/tryout/upload.php on line 15 Query failed ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php