OK, I wrote a script that adds a few fields from the form that is submitted to the MySQL database, but I do not think the script falls within "good programming form".
Let's say I have the following:
<FORM never ming the rest>
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="name">
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="age">
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="occupation">
</FORM>
What is the best way to add this information to the database?
<FORM method="post" action="/posting form page.php
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="name">
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="age">
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="occupation">
</FORM>
Posting form Page.php
<?
$name = $POST["name"];
$age = $POST["age"];
$occupation = $_POST["occupation"];
Make a connection to the mysql server
then to the database
the sql statement
$sql = "INSERT INTO database (name, age, occupation)
VALUES ('$name','age','occupation');
execute sql query and get result
Exact code depends on your db structure. But the concept is the same, an INSERT, perhaps? 
$sql="insert into $tablename(user_name, user_age, user_job) values ('$name', '$age', '$occupation');
mysql_query($sql);