the filename field is of type 'oid' rather than 'character varying'... yep, inserting a string into an oid feild will make the db baarrrfff... Saludos Javier _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php