OK I had to (thanks to Jack Nav Zanen) (1) remove the ";" off the sql statement (2) change "'" to """ but why did NOTHING appear on the browser screen? <?php // File: anyco.php $db = "(DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SID = LMKIIIGDNSID) ) )"; if ($conn=oci_connect('landon', 'rumprocella',$db)) { echo "Successfully connected to Oracle.\n"; // OCILogoff($conn); } else { $err = OCIError(); echo "Oracle Connect Error " . $err; } $stid = oci_parse($conn, "insert into log_book_id values (logid.nextval, TO_DATE('08/12/1973','MM/dd/YYYY'),'B-17','N5787G',1,1.8)"); if (!$stid) { $oerr = OCIError($stid); echo "Parse error:".$oerr; exit; } if (!oci_execute($stid )) { $oerr = OCIError($stid); echo "Exec error:".$oerr; exit; } oci_commit($conn); OCILogoff($conn); echo "end"; ?> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php