thanks to everyone who helped me out... the problem turned out to be (as one of you suggested) in mysql version 4.1 which is not compatible with the mysql library in PHP4 and needs to use mysqli which, in turn, phpMyAdmin does not support anyhoo, I installed mysql 4.0 and the thing IMMEDIATELY started working. thanks again everyone! -- * AlliXSenoS * mailto:allixsenos@xxxxxxxxx -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php