I made the change but the domain\username now appears in my database as: domain\\\\username -----Original Message----- From: Ramil Sagum [mailto:ramil.sagum@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 1 October 2004 11:40 AM To: Baiocchi, Justin (CSIRO IT, Armidale) Cc: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: The variable $_SERVER['AUTH_USER'] gives domain\\username problem On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:32:29 +1000, justin.baiocchi@xxxxxxxx <justin.baiocchi@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > No, still no idea :) > $sql = "INSERT INTO aec SET date='$date', title='$title', > ident='$ident', id='$id'"; > mysql_query($sql); I feel good today :) so, $sql = "INSERT INTO aec SET date='$date', title='$title', ident='" . mysql_real_escape_string($ident) . "', id='$id'"; (After it works and everything is crystal clear, you might want to try validating the title, ident and id BEFORE using it in the query. ) HTH! ---- ramil http://ramil.sagum.net -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php