Michael, I think you're trying to kill yourself coding. here's what I do for myself:
<select name="from"> <option value="" SELECTED>Select Someone</option> <?php $myconnection = mysql_connect($server,$user,$pass); mysql_select_db($db,$myconnection); $news = mysql_query("select * from $table ORDER by LastName asc"); while ($mydata = mysql_fetch_object($news)) { echo"<option value=\"".$mydata->EM."\">".$mydata->FirstName." ".$mydata->LastName."</option>\n"; } mysql_close($myconnection); ?> </select> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php