you could execute the exec command in php and run a locate freetds.conf or whereis freetds.conf or find freetds.conf, i believe whereis only locates binary files not sure though. read up on exec here http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php -- Joseph Crawford Jr. Codebowl Solutions codebowl@xxxxxxxxx -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php