RE :I thought "4" didn't equal "456456456%20%20OR%201<>2"

It doesn't. What you're seeing is an SQL injection attack. If you *trust* the SQL code you allow from POST or GET requests, your SQL server will be own3d in due course. That URL actually translates to 456456456 OR 1<>2 Which is always true. So If you use this verbatim, you'll get a true result (if you were using it as part of a login process, the user would be in without providing a login and password :-p ) I always, *always* apply $result=(integer) $_GET["uid"] to these strings : That way you are guaranteed it's a number not a string. Cheers - Neil

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