Ok, I have a string of bits that I combine to store as the privilege level for our users.... it is 5 chars long "12345", and the default is "00000" this would be the most basic user. now, when there is a non 0 number at the front.... it works.... and every thing is cool.... but, even though the field is set as CHAR 5, if the privs number is set to 00110, it is stored in the DB as 110.... or at least that is how it is retrieved.... in PHPmyAdmin.... it shows up as 00110.... so anyway, somewhere it is stripping the leading 0's off the number, and I need to know why and how to fix that..... Thanks, Dallas K. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]