I would use Javascript to update the page content. You can use the DOM to access the content in other frames as long as it's the same base URL I think. So when you output the form after storing the record, output a script that changes the bottom frame. Look up "javascript InnerHTML" in google.. that should give you some ideas On Thursday 18 November 2004 06:16 pm, Ron Piggott wrote: > I have another challenge I am trying to over come. Frames. > > I have my screen set up in 3 frames. 2 for user input and the third is for > data --- letting the user know what has just happened. IE "RECORD UPDATED" > is what I want to be displayed there. The catch is this --- how do I > display text in the data frame. Any idea? I know the <a > href="next_screen.html" TARGET="data">SUBMIT</a> command ... But I am > wanting to write to the database with a form and then have the same form > come up again to be filled out again and the data window let the user know > a message such as "RECORD RECEIVED". Can a PHP script do this? > > Ron -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php