First off this is my first attempt at getting a website up and running using php and mysql. The problem I am having is that I can display information from a database in mysql in a webpage through php, so I think I am connected, but I can't put any data into the database. I have used scripts from 2 books and several samples online( http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/21/index2a.html for one) . I installed phpMyadmin and it inserted information with no problem. The closest I have gotten was a blank entry into a table. Any suggestions? I figured that since I was new to this it might be a config issue. I am using Opensa's install of Apache 1.3.27 +ssl, php 4.2.2 and MySQL 4.0.4 Sorry for the long post but I have tried practically everything I can think of. Thanks.