I posted a question a couple weeks back and received some half-dozen or so responses, thankyou. I also bought a mysql/php book, which also has helped. What I finally came up with (on my own no less) is the following - printf("<tr><td>* <a href='bulletin_out.php?news_id=$row[news_id]'>%s</a> %s<br /> %s</td></tr>", $row["bulletin_subject"], $row["bulletin_date"], $row["bulletin_from1"]); This is part of a page that pulls dealer bulletins from a database, these being just a bulletin title(a href link to the id field), date, and summary. Then click on the link and just the one bulletin is displayed. Cool. I can hardly believe I found the answer. I just wonder why something so obvious (now that I see it working) is not in the books, or why none of the suggested answers included this. Is this not a 'proper' way to do such a link? Chip Wiegand Computer Services www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Simrad, Inc Lynnwood, WA 425-712-1138 "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977 (-- Then why do I have nine? Somebody help me!) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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