Try: insert into table (name,id,city) values ('roger rabbit',NULL,'carrot city') -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 7:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: no value for numeric filed in SQL statement causes an error Hi there I have a table with char and int fields. From my form I get no values back for int fields when they are left blank. This causes the SQL insert to fail. field type name char id int2 city char insert into table (name,id,city) values ('roger rabbit',,'carrot city') The default for int/float fields is 0. Since I reuse the code of the referring page I don't like to have all fields assigned 0 at the beginning. Who can help ??? Thanks ... jr ============================================ PFISTER + PARTNER, SYSTEM - ENGINEERING AG Juerg Rietmann Grundstrasse 22a 6343 Rotkreuz Switzerland phone: +4141 790 4040 fax: +4141 790 2545 mobile: +4179 211 0315 ============================================