I am a beginner but did it like this, with a little help from my friends!! $query = "INSERT INTO guests "; $query .= "(guest_id, guest_name, "; $query .= "guest_email, guest_time, guest_message) "; $query .= "values(0000, '$name', '$email', NULL, '" . str_replace("\n","<br>", $message) . "')"; Where $message is the TEXTAREA box submitted All the best Lisa -----Original Message----- From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 8:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] MySQL/PHP Form & Addslashes() command Alright, you have a textarea in a form, say some one right this: Today, during the meeting blah blah blah... (now they want to start a new paragraph, so they press enter twice.) After the construction meeting blah blah blah... Ok... Now the question. The addslashes() command won't add the NULL spots to make it a new paragraph when you open this row in a page. How do I get that to work... Thank You, James Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]