Hi folks. I'm using php to dynamically create a query from an array. When the query is run, it doesn't always insert all of the data. Some of the last columns are ignored. It happens on very long inserts... with over 50 columns in the table. But each column, with the exception of the first and optionally the last, are single digits Is it timing out? Too big for a buffer? How does one get around this? [code]$connection = mysql_connect($db, $db_user, $db_pass) or die('1 '.mysql_error()); mysql_select_db($db_2, $connection) or die('2 '.mysql_error()); /*** constructing query that inserts data into table ***/ $query = "INSERT INTO ".$sectionName." (coID,"; for($i=1;$i<=count($_SESSION['currentSection'])-1;$i++){ $query = $query.$sectionNumber."_".$i.", "; } $query = $query.$sectionNumber."_".$i.")"; $query = $query." VALUES (\"".md5($_SESSION['setup']['coname'])."\",\""; for($i=1;$i<=count($_SESSION['currentSection'])-1;$i++){ $query = $query.$_SESSION['currentSection'][$i]."\",\""; } $query = $query.$_SESSION['currentSection'][$i]."\")"; /*** cleaning query text ***/ $query = validateQuery($query); if($result = mysql_query($query, $connection)){ mysql_close($connection); ... [/code] Thanks Tom