PHP-MySQL update problem

hello all, I'm got a problem with mysql_query. selects work as expected. But when the query is an insert or update, mysql_query is returning a string (not an integer as expected) and the query does not actually occur in the database. Has anyone else seen this? MySQL is version 3.22.32 PHP is version 3.0.15 I've tested both on Linux (Mandrake 7) and FreeBSD (ver 4.0) and I get the same results on both. I can email a simple test case if anyone is interested. Thanks for any help. (yes... i think i *will* upgrade to 4.0 now... i'm being a little conservative though. I don't want my other --currently working scripts -- to stop working due to the upgrade). tiger -- Gerald Timothy Quimpo tiger@kami.com http://members.xoom.com/TigerQuimpo entia non sunt multiplicanda veritas liberabit vos praetere necessitatem mene sakhet ur-seveh