I see. I added the timestamp field (I never knew there was a field type of timestamp), relinked the table in Access 2000 and the darn thing actually worked! Did this just become a requirement in MySQL 3.23? As I mentioned in a previous post, the timestamp field was not required when I was working with Access 97 and MySQL 3.22, and everything worked fine with that combination. Well, whatever works. Christopher Lewis ------ Previous Message ------ The "trick" is that while an autoincrement field is a nice thing to have as a primary key, is to put a timestamp field in each MySQL table (in addition to the primary key). --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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