Hello NG, it's the first time I use this NG and I'm not sure whether I'm I right here or not. The problem: I'm a beginner in php (just started to read the first introductions). I created a "guestbook" with FP2000. The entrys where safed in and shown from a db. FP 2000 nearly created it by itself using asp. The problem is that my provider doesn't support a db connection via asp. They told me that php3 is supported. My question: Can I use the created db (where my guestbook entrys are safed) and edit and show results via php? I think yes but all tutorials I found about it described a odbc connection and I think the provider I'm using doesn't support this , too. Is there any possibilty to work in an access DB without any odbc connection (cause then I need a server which supports DNS and so on and all Servers I knew are too expensive for me at the moment). Maybe I can access the db via php like a text file? There are many question I have, sorry if this description isn't precise enough. I'm glad about any hints, comments, suggestions, links or whatsoever that would help me. Thanks in advance to read and answer this long posting. MFG Matthias -- 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]