i have a feeling oyu're not getting a mysql error but a PHP error??? you have an odd number of parentheses and mysql_error will not have an closing paren. if that is the case, try this.... mysql_query("INSERT INTO Boats (Make, Model, Serial,Stock, Extension, Cust_Name, Store, Date) VALUES ('$make', '$model', '$serial', '$stock', '$extension','$name', '$store', '$date')") or die("Invalid query: " . mysql_error() . "</body></html>"); "Andrew D. Luebke" <andrew@copeandmcp To: php-db@lists.php.net hetres.com> cc: Subject: MySQL Date insert 07/28/2003 02:16 PM Hello, I have the following PHP code: $date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); $result = mysql_query("INSERT INTO Boats (Make, Model, Serial, Stock, Extension, Cust_Name, Store, Date) VALUES ('$make', '$model', '$serial', '$stock', '$extension', '$name', '$store', '$date'") or die("Invalid query: " . mysql_error() . "</body></html>"); The problem is with the Date column. It is of type DATETIME. I get an error on the second line of the insert statement. I assume I'm not putting formatting the date-time variable correctly but I've tried everything I can think of, so any help is very much appreciated. Thanks. Andrew. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php