>What do you mean you can't write the data back - do you get an error? I try to edit the data on the Excel surface and then when I made some changes I would like to safe them back in the MySQL Database. Is it possible to write the data back with the common Excel functionality (including ODBC) Regards, Adrian -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php