Stuck on db entry from select box...

Ok here is my problem and where I am at this far, first thing I needed to do is to read the contents of a directory and place the results into a select box in a form (accomplished), now where I am stuck is passing the selection from said select box to another script so it may be put into a mysql database table... my code is as follows: <?php $dir_name = "/path/to/images/directory/"; $dir = opendir($dir_name); $file_list .= "<p><FORM METHOD=\"post\" ACTION=\"index_done.php3\"> <SELECT NAME=\"files\">$file_name"; while ($file_name = readdir($dir)) { if (($file_name != ".") && ($file_name !="..")) { $file_list .= "<OPTION VALUE=\"$file_name\" NAME=\"$file_name\">$file_name</OPTION>"; } } $file_list .= "</SELECT><br><br><INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\" VALUE=\"select\"></FORM></p>"; closedir($dir); ?> within the page... I echo the results like so: <? echo "$file_list"; ?> so far so good, now on the index_done.php3 my code is put into a require statement and the required file code is as follows... <?php $db_name = "database_name"; $table_name = "cm_index"; $connection = @mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password") or die ("Could not connect to database. Please try again later."); $db = @mysql_select_db("$db_name",$connection) or die ("Could not select database table. Please try again later."); $sql = "UPDATE $table_name SET file_name=\$file_name\""; $result = @mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die ("Could not execute query. Please try again later."); ?> I think I need a new pair of eyes to review this and let me know where I am going wrong, also on another note I don't want to put the file in the database table I want to put the path to the file in the database table, any help would be greatly appriciated. =) Jas