Hi! I enter some .wav encoded (windows) data into a MySql table as follows: $data = addslashes(fread(fopen($form_data, "r"), filesize($form_data))); $result=MYSQL_QUERY("INSERT INTO b(audio,filename,filesize,filetype,audio_description) ". "VALUES ('$data','$form_data_name','$form_data_size','$form_data_type', '$audio_description')"); $uid= mysql_insert_id(); Later, I try to reconstruct the original audio file as follows: $query = mysql_query("select audio from dupe_b where uid='87' into outfile 'c:/windows/desktop/ZZZZdata.wav' "); This does not yield the correct format. I take it that I require "fields terminated by...." or something like that to make this work. However, I cannot get any further with this. Any suggestions? Thanks for the time! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php