> > I believe when the table was set up. > This was handed off from others. > I will ask. Thanks for the heads up on the difference. notice there are also these if you end up needing them: iconv_set_encoding() iconv() http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv-set-encoding.php http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php -Govinda -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php