Hello, my last post has been solved. After searching through google most of the morning I decided to upgrade mysql to version 3.23.33 and rebuild absolutely everything. And hey presto, everything works. It may have been something to do with the earlier mysql version but more likely the incremental sequence in which I am rebuilding apache. ===== Mr. Michael Turley Gracious winner, Generous lover, All round great guy. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/