What exactly is in the $sql and $sql_ext?? Try to put it into a variable so you can print out what you're sending to the DB Such as: $query = $sql . " " . $sql_ext . " limit 0,1"; Echo $query . "<BR>"; If your $sql and $sql_ext combine to make a valid sql query, the " " is just putting a space inside the query, and it is valid Gary Every Sr. UNIX Administrator Ingram Entertainment Inc. 2 Ingram Blvd, La Vergne, TN 37089 "Pay It Forward!" -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Felenstein [mailto:stuart4m@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 2:29 PM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Please help I'm using a product called dbqwiksite pro. PHP generator for PHP - MySQL The code seems to be working fine except in my search page where I receive an "invalid query" $result = mysql_query($sql . " " . $sql_ext . " limit 0,1") or die("Invalid query"); This is the place I where the code is taking the die path. I'm guessing something belongs between the quotation marks , just not sure. Anyone ? Thank you Stuart -- 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