ok i did some more analysis on the problem and here is what I came up with...it is a problem with my connection...it appears to be fine but it says:
PHP Warning: mysql_query(): 14 is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in C:\apache2triad\htdocs\php_functions\edit.php on line 89
it says resource #14 both when i create it and just before i run the command but as soon as i do that then it screws up and wont let me make the query.
anyone know whats going on? has anyone had this problem?