Hi, I,m trying to update a entry via a form but need to pass the variable into the form so the output is displayed, I can then carry out an update statement on the entry. my problem is passing the variable, The code enables a record to be deleted but I also want to update via the edit link, the delete in the code works fine but the editquizzz.php won,t pickup the variable value, the value is shown in the address bar,heres where i pass the edit <?php //deletquiz.php include("contentdb.php"); $id = $_GET["id"]; if($_GET["cmd"]=="delete") { $sql = mysql_query("DELETE FROM $table WHERE id='$id'",$db); //$result = mysql_query($sql); //echo "Row deleted!"; } ?> <?php include("contentdb.php"); $result = mysql_query("SELECT id, question FROM $table ORDER BY id",$db); echo "<table>"; while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $id = $row["id"]; $question = $row["question"]; if ($alternate == "1") { $color = "#ffffff"; $alternate = "2"; } else { $color = "#efefef"; $alternate = "1"; } echo "<tr bgcolor=$color><td>$id:</td><td>$question</td><td>[ <a href='editquizzz.php?id=$id'>edit</a> ]</td><td>[<a href='deletequiz2.php?cmd=delete&id=$id'onClick=\"return confirm('Are you sure?')\">delete</a>]</td></tr>"; } echo "</table>"; ?> And heres were I should pick up the value $id which should show the data in the form //editquizzz.php include("contentdb.php"); $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table WHERE id='$id'",$db); $myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result); ?> <form method="get" action= $PHP_SELF?"> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $myrow["id"]?>"> <b>Question:</b><br> <input type="text" name="question" value="<?php echo $myrow["question"]?>" size="50"> <br> <b>Option 1:</b><br> <input type="Text" name="opt1" value="<?php echo $myrow["opt1"]?>" size="30"> <br> <b>Option 2:</b><br> <input type="Text" name="opt2" value="<?php echo $myrow["opt2"]?>" size="30"> <br> <b>Option 3:</b><br> <input type="Text" name="opt3" value="<?php echo $myrow["opt3"]?>" size="30"> <br> <b>Answer</b> (must be identical to correct option):<br> <input type="Text" name="answer" value="<?php echo $myrow["answer"]?>" size="30"> <br> <br> <input type="Submit" name="update" value="Update information"></form> Thanks in advance for any help Regards