in you print statement you have ?lastname=%s, shouldn't that be '$s' denoting a variable being passed? Try that out.
gl -- Seth Matthew Crouch wrote: > this bit from my index page is giving me 2 headaches: > 1. it isn't passing anything into the URL > 2. the page that gets called ("name.php") sits and tries to load > forever. it looks like it's even filling up my hard drive with data (?!) > > Note: it does this (#2) even if I type in the URL with a variable and > value, like "name.php?lastname=smith" > > <? > printf ("<form method=\"post\" action=\"name.php?lastname=%s\">", > $lastname); > ?> > <div align="center"> > <input type="Text" name="lastname" size="75"> > <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Search for Last Name"> > </div> > </form> > </div> > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php