I concur, assign the superglobal array to a variable ... $Name = strip_slashes($_POST['elementName']); $sql="INSERT INTO $table SET Name='$Name'"]; ... and then use that opportunity to run additional checks on the content. -- Jon Kriek http://phpfreaks.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php