uploading and stuff

Hello there... I want to upload textfiles and store them in my TEXT type field in my postgres database. So in my html form I have this entry: <input type = "file" name = "uploader"> (and whatever else I had to put there) the script I wanted to upload the file, but somehow it does not seem to do that: I use the rename() function, but that apparently does not upload the file. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? what the prerequisites are for the client that is uploading, etc? After the file is uploaded btw, I planned to say $data=file($inputfile) and then a query like $query = "INSERT INTO table (data) VALUES \'$data\'"; pg_exec($database,$query); and that should do the trick... but it is not working yet *sniff* please tell me what I am missing... (the uploaded file, but the books I have about php are quite unclear about uploading) Met vriendelijke groet, Michiel Lange ActuEra B.V.