Why is it when I have this ` tick mark in my query it works fine, but when I remove them it I get an error? ___________ This tells to mysql to NOT treat the word as the reserved word that it _may_ be, but use it literally. and interval, i believe, is a reserved word. It is much like escaping special characters with \ HTH Jeff ____________ v: (847) 644 - 8914 f: (847) 866 - 1946 e: choffman@xxxxxxxxxx w: www.eclimb.net _________________________________ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php