[code]<? require_once('db.php'); $query=("SELECT * FROM postapproval ORDER BY id DESC"); $result=mysql_query($query); $num=mysql_numrows($result); mysql_close(); $i=0; while ($i < $num) { $id=mysql_result($result,$i,"id"); $poster=mysql_result($result,$i,"poster"); $message=mysql_result($result,$i,"message"); $title=mysql_result($result,$i,"title"); $date=mysql_result($result,$i,"date"); $time=mysql_result($result,$i,"time"); $dellink=mysql_result($result,$i,"dellink"); ?> <body> <table width="71%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td width="18%"><? echo"$date" | "$time" ?></td> <td width="53%"><? echo "$title" ?></td> <td width="4%"><? $id = row['id']; echo "<a href='actions.php?action=edit&id=$id'><img src='editbutton.jpg'></a>" ?></td> <td width="20%"></td> <td width="23%"></td> </tr> </table> </body> <? $i++; } ?>[/code] the bit in question is $id = row['id']