The following sequence appears to hang the webpage... ... $dbht = ibase_trans($dbh); ... insert... if($dbht) { ibase_commit($dbht); } any thoughts to how to overcome this? David Miles -- 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]