hello again. i seem to be absolutely stumped on this one, it's even hard for me to explain, i'll do my best though. ok, so what i need to do essentially is have the bands.php?band=thebandsname thing which the isset at the top of the code does. then i need $band_spaces to equal $artist and $artist to equal $band_name it may sound simple, but for the life of me, i can't figure out what in the hell to do. i think my code can explain a little better so take a look. thanks in advance, and thanks to all who've helped me over the past month or two. if you have ANY question about this code or my problem, please e-mail me. Matt Nigh <?php $link = mysql_connect("localhost","username","password"); if(!$link) die ("Could not connect to MySQL!"); mysql_select_db("almavale_board",$link); if (!isset($band)) { die("No artist specified."); } $sql = "select * from bands where (nospaces_bands = '$band')"; $result = mysql_query($sql); if (mysql_num_rows($result) <= 0) { die("Sorry, there was no artist found by that name."); } if (!$my_row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { die("Please specify an artist."); } $band = "nospaces_bands"; $band_spaces = "band_bands"; $id = "id"; $email = "email"; echo "<b>band name without spaces:</b> " . $my_row["$band"]; echo "<br><b>band name with spaces:</b> " . $my_row["$band_spaces"]; echo "<br><b>id:</b> " . $my_row["$id"]; echo "<br><b>email address:</b> " . $my_row[$email]; $band_spaces = $artist; mysql_select_db("almavale_board",$link); $sql_01 = "select * from shows where (artistname = '$artist')"; $result_01 = mysql_query($sql_01); if (mysql_num_rows($result_01) <= 0) { die("<br><br>No shows found."); } $my_row_01 = mysql_fetch_array($result_01); $artist = "artistname"; $venue = "venue"; $time = "time"; echo "<br><br><hr><b>artist name with spaces:</b> " . $my_row_01["$artist"]; echo "<br><b>venue:</b> " . $my_row_01["$venue"]; echo "<br><b>time:</b> " . $my_row_01["$time"]; $artist = $band_name; mysql_select_db("almavale_releases",$link); $sql_02 = "select * from releases where (bandname = '$band_name')"; $result_02 = mysql_query($sql_02); if (mysql_num_rows($result_02) <= 0) { die("No releases found."); } $my_row_02 = mysql_fetch_array($result); $band_name = "bandname"; $albumtitle = "albumtitle"; $email = "email"; echo "<br><br><hr><b>artist name with spaces from releases:</b> " . $my_row_02["$artist"]; echo "<br><b>album name:</b> " . $my_row_02["$albumtitle"]; echo "<br><b>album code:</b> " . $my_row_02["$albumcode"]; mysql_close($link); ?>