Hello, > $q = sprintf("SELECT id FROM content"); This has nothing to do with your problem, but why don't you just do the following? $q = 'SELECT id FROM content'; But here's your problem. Change > $realones = $row['id']; into $realones[] = $row['id']; And you get your desired result. Matthias -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php