Hi Matt, I think this might be the answer to your problem. It basically checks if the string is an integer. I generally love the PHP automatic type conversion, but sometimes it can trick ya.... :)
if (intval($val) == $val){ // integer stuff } else { // string stuff } Adam > Hi Russ, > > thanks for the reply ... if that will evaluate whether a (in this > case) a > text string is an integer or not, then its exactly what I need! :) > > if it doesnt work, I will post a more detailed example to the list and > see > what we can come up with! :) -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php