I have an existing database and web page showing the query results. I have added another field to allow a user to input a two digit number. I want that number to change the number in one of the existing columns for the item it was input next to. I have these columns - Part Number Description Quantity List Price Put on hold I want the Quantity column changed according to the number the user input in the Put on hold column. I'm stuck in the query to write, trying to do $sql1 = "update refurbs set qty(qty - $qty) order by 'description'"; but that doesn't work. I have pasted in the main part of the code below... Thanks for any help you can provide, Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc 425-778-8821 425-771-7211 (FAX) BTW, thanks for the replys to the first message, I was expecting the list to be much more busy. ======================================================================================= <form action="<? PHP_SELF ?>" method="post" name="refurbs"> <table summary="" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="90%" align="center"> <tr> <td class="small" bgcolor="#ffffff">Part Number</td> <td class="small" bgcolor="#ffffff">Description</td> <td class="small" bgcolor="#ffffff">Quantity</td> <td class="small" bgcolor="#ffffff">List Price</td> <td class="small" bgcolor="#ffffff">Special Price</td> <td class="small" bgcolor="#ffffff">Put on Hold </td> </tr> <? if (isset($submit)): $sql = "update refurbs set qty(qty - '$buy') order by 'description'"; $result = mysql_query($sql); $Colors = array('#ffcc99','#ffcc33'); $I = 0; while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { printf("<tr bgcolor=" . $Colors[ $I ++ % count( $Colors ) ] . "><td>%s\n</td>\n", $row["part_number"]); printf("<td>%s\n</td>\n", $row["description"]); printf("<td>%s\n</td>\n", $row["qty"]); printf("<td>%s\n</td>\n", $row["list"]); printf("<td>%s\n</td>\n", $row["special"]); printf("<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"buy\" size=\"2\" maxlength=\"2\"> </td></tr>\n"); } ?> </table> <table summary="" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="90%" align="center"> <tr> <td><br /><div align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /></div></td> </tr> </table> </form>