hi, I am trying to run this query: $userid = 'testusern'; $password = 'somepassword'; $ddate = date('m/d/Y'); $activationid = md5($userid); mssql_query("INSERT INTO MEMB_INFO (memb___id,memb__pwd,memb_name,sno__numb,bloc_code,ctl1_code,mail_chek,mail_addr,appl_days,modi_days,out__days,true_days,SecretQuestion,SecretAnswer,Country,Gender,confirmed,activation_id) VALUES ($userid,[dbo].[fn_md5]($password,$userid),$userid,'test','111111111111''0','0','1','blabla@gmail.com',$ddate,$ddate,'2005-01-03','2005-01-03','2','someanswer','1','1','1',$activationid)"); PHP: and I am getting the following message: Warning: mssql_query() [function.mssql-query]: message: The name "testusern" is not permitted in this context. Valid expressions are constants, constant expressions, and (in some contexts) variables. Column names are not permitted. (severity 15) in PATHTOFILE on line 13 Warning: mssql_query() [function.mssql-query]: Query failed in PATHTOFILE on line 13 Code (markup): Why ?? I will pay $15 usd to the person who can help me get this query done !