Passing varibles

Hi, I'm sorry.. I don't really have any idea what I'm doing, but I almost got this thing working. If someone could help, I'd deeply appreciate it. I need to get these variables to the next script (edit_scores.php3): $the_Score, $player_name so I can update the field (s1) WHERE the last_name is $player_name I'm pretty close with this:------------ // Display the scores while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) { echo("<table border='0' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='0'>" . "<tr>". "<td>". $row["last_name"]. "</td>" . "<td>". $row["first_name"] ."</td>". "<td></td><td></td><td></td>". "</tr>". "<tr>". "<td>".$row["s1"] ."</td>". "<td>"."<form action = edit_score.php3>". "</td>". "<td>"."<input type='text' name='the_score' size='3'>"."<input type='hidden' name='$player_name'>"."</td>". "<td>"."<input type='submit' name='s1' value='edit'>"."</td>". "<td>"."</form>"."</td>". "</tr>". etc..etc.. more scores ------------------------- $the_score is passed ok... but how do I include passing the $player_name? The result from above in the url is: cpa_golf/edit_score.php3?the_score=23&nichols=++&s1=edit "nichols" is "$player_name" but is will not echo in the script. I need to use "s1" (it is the name of the field I want to update where the player is "nichols" Code I use in edit_score.php3 is:-----------------(this ain't quite right yet) echo("$players_name". ", ". "$the_score"); //to check if the varibles are being passed to the script //update $sql = "update scores set s1 = '$the_score' where last_name = '$player_name'"; if (mysql_query($sql)) { echo("<P>Your score has been added.</P>"); } else { echo("<P>Error adding submitted score: " . mysql_error() . "</P>"); } --------------- Sorry.. I don't do this often. Again, I really would appreciate some help. Jim Long