[!--quoteo(post=373164:date=May 10 2006, 08:12 PM:name=toplay)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(toplay @ May 10 2006, 08:12 PM) [snapback]373164[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Look at using one of these two functions: [a href=\"http://us2.php.net/number_format\" target=\"_blank\"]http://us2.php.net/number_format[/a] [a href=\"http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.money-format.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.money-format.php[/a] [/quote] i have looked at these and others. they all appear to be formatting a value that is manually defined. $number = 1234.56; i don't understand how to apply it to $row_Recordset1['Salary'];