I have tried a few different methods to get this to work but for some reason my escape character is not working. my php is set to automatically add the escape and i printed out string to make sure it does have the escape character. This works fine with my update statement but my insert statement just won't work. The error message I receive is (the 0 are supposed to be there: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\'s, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ' at line 1 $insertSQL = "INSERT INTO flash (ID, Client, AAC_Jan_Budget, AAC_Jan_Flash, AAC_Feb_Budget, AAC_Feb_Flash, AAC_Mar_Budget, AAC_Mar_Flash, AAC_Apr_Budget, AAC_Apr_Flash, AAC_May_Budget, AAC_May_Flash, AAC_Jun_Budget, AAC_Jun_Flash, AAC_Jul_Budget, AAC_Jul_Flash, AAC_Aug_Budget, AAC_Aug_Flash, AAC_Sept_Budget, AAC_Sept_Flash, AAC_Oct_Budget, AAC_Oct_Flash, AAC_Nov_Budget, AAC_Nov_Flash, AAC_Dec_Budget, AAC_Dec_Flash, ACA_Jan_Budget, ACA_Jan_Flash, ACA_Feb_Budget, ACA_Feb_Flash, ACA_Mar_Budget, ACA_Mar_Flash, ACA_Apr_Budget, ACA_Apr_Flash, ACA_May_Budget, ACA_May_Flash, ACA_Jun_Budget, ACA_Jun_Flash, ACA_Jul_Budget, ACA_Jul_Flash, ACA_Aug_Budget, ACA_Aug_Flash, ACA_Sept_Budget, ACA_Sept_Flash, ACA_Oct_Budget, ACA_Oct_Flash, ACA_Nov_Budget, ACA_Nov_Flash, ACA_Dec_Budget, ACA_Dec_Flash, AWB_Jan_Budget, AWB_Jan_Flash, AWB_Feb_Budget, AWB_Feb_Flash, AWB_Mar_Budget, AWB_Mar_Flash, AWB_Apr_Budget, AWB_Apr_Flash, AWB_May_Budget, AWB_May_Flash, AWB_Jun_Budget, AWB_Jun_Flash, AWB_Jul_Budget, AWB_Jul_Flash, AWB_Aug_Budget, AWB_Aug_Flash, AWB_Sept_Budget, AWB_Sept_Flash, AWB_Oct_Budget, AWB_Oct_Flash, AWB_Nov_Budget, AWB_Nov_Flash, AWB_Dec_Budget, AWB_Dec_Flash, HTX_Jan_Budget, HTX_Jan_Flash, HTX_Feb_Budget, HTX_Feb_Flash, HTX_Mar_Budget, HTX_Mar_Flash, HTX_Apr_Budget, HTX_Apr_Flash, HTX_May_Budget, HTX_May_Flash, HTX_Jun_Budget, HTX_Jun_Flash, HTX_Jul_Budget, HTX_Jul_Flash, HTX_Aug_Budget, HTX_Aug_Flash, HTX_Sept_Budget, HTX_Sept_Flash, HTX_Oct_Budget, HTX_Oct_Flash, HTX_Nov_Budget, HTX_Nov_Flash, HTX_Dec_Budget, HTX_Dec_Flash) VALUES (NULL, $client, $aacjanb, 0, $aacfebb, 0, $aacmarb, 0, $aacaprb, 0, $aacmayb, 0, $aacjunb, 0, $aacjulb, 0, $aacaugb, 0, $aacsepb, 0, $aacoctb, 0, $aacnovb, 0, $aacdecb, 0, $acajanb, 0, $acafebb, 0, $acamarb, 0, $acaaprb, 0, $acamayb, 0, $acajunb, 0, $acajulb, 0, $acaaugb, 0, $acasepb, 0, $acaoctb, 0, $acanovb, 0, $acadecb, 0, $awbjanb, 0, $awbfebb, 0, $awbmarb, 0, $awbaprb, 0, $awbmayb, 0, $awbjunb, 0, $awbjulb, 0, $awbaugb, 0, $awbsepb, 0, $awboctb, 0, $awbnovb, 0, $awbdecb, 0, $htxjanb, 0, $htxfebb, 0, $htxmarb, 0, $htxaprb, 0, $htxmayb, 0, $htxjunb, 0, $htxjulb, 0, $htxaugb, 0, $htxsepb, 0, $htxoctb, 0, $htxnovb, 0, $htxdecb, 0)"; And help would be most...helpful. -Adambrz