sorry - got sent out of town for a few days for work. ok - I added the print command, and also drastically reduced the update form into smaller sections so I could see if a specific field was giving me the error. Here is the print result: [code]sql: update contestinfo set sponsor='test', coordinator='test', coordaddress='test', coordcity='test', coordstate='test', coordzip='test', coordphone1='test', coordphone2='test', coordemail='test', emergency='test', emergencyphone='test', addl1='test', addlemail1='test', addl2='test', addlemail2='test', addl3='test'addlemail3='test', where id=''[/code] In the actual insert.php file, here is the array: [code] 'host' => Array( 'contestinfo' => Array( 'sponsor','coordinator','coordaddress','coordcity','coordstate','coordzip','coordphone1','coordphone2','coordemail','emergency','emergencyphone','addl1','addlemail1','addl2','addlemail2','addl3','addlemail3', ), ),[/code]