You could try something like this: <?php $mysql_host = "localhost"; $mysql_login = "username"; $mysql_pw = "password";
if($submit == "Submit"){ $db_security = mysql_connect($mysql_host, $mysql_login, $mysql_pw); mysql_select_db("dbname",$db_security); $sql = "UPDATE tablename SET name = '$name' WHERE id = '$id'"; $result = mysql_query($sql); }else{ echo "<FORM ACTION='$PHP_SELF' METHOD='post'>"; echo "ID : <INPUT TYPE='id' NAME='name' SIZE='5'><BR>"; echo "Name : <INPUT TYPE='text' NAME='name' SIZE='75'><BR>"; echo "<INPUT TYPE='submit' NAME='submit' VALUE='Submit'>"; echo "</FORM>"; } ?> -----Original Message----- From: Sandeep Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-WIN] updating db Hi, Can anyone tell me how I can update a column in MySQL based on form input???? TIA, sands -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php