ok here is what i have. I have a site that i am coding using php and mysql I am creating a page dynamically from when you click ona thumbnail it goes to a pop-up. the problem lies in the fact that some of the blobs show and other do not. The trouble spot is in $PID when a numeric value is there they all work, but if the &pid has an alpha-numeric value it won't display the blob. other than changing all the pid's to numeric how can i get them all to work.