That's exactly why it won't insert - because there is no value your SQL output will look like this (which is invalid):
insert into smlc_acr (no_acres) values () Try this instead (not sure it will work with MySQL): insert into smlc_acr (no_acres) values ( <cfif Len(Trim(no_acres))> <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer" value="#no_acres#"> <cfelse> NULL </cfif>) HTH Dominic -- Blog it up: http://fusion.dominicwatson.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303065 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
