Hi! When I receive the data from the database, when it is empty and assigned to a variable. I found that the variable contain garbage data in it. So, what's the PHP function that will flush it out before I can assign it to the variable? Thanks, Scott -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]