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

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