<snip> PHP file called "addform.php": <? $user="chris"; $database="test"; mysql_connect(localhost,$user); @mysql_select_db($database) or die("unable to select database"); $query="INSERT INTO login VALUES ("'$login')"; mysql_query($query); mysql_close(); ?> </snip> Okay the line $query is wrong. So I quote... <QUOTE> $query="INSERT INTO login VALUES ("'$login')"; </QUOTE> You have ("'$login')"; ... Why the " before the '$login? It should be: $query="INSERT INTO login VALUES ('$login')"; Goodluck! http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php