"Later on librarians are using the bar code scanner, which will pick up the unique id and look up in the database for further processing". Hardik this part it´s exactly what I want to know, how by using a php form, read or pick up as you say, the bar code and make an input to the database or something like that. Thank´s Norma -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php