newbie: ye ol' nemesis using mysql_fetch_array to load data

Hello all, I have an order form where I am trying to load an option button with a field column from a database file: This part works fine (actually Professional PHP has an example using the do...while statement - I wonder which is better?): $len = mysql_num_rows($result); for ($i=0; $i<=$len; $i++) { echo "<option value=\"$catid[$i]\">$catid</option>"; } The problem I have is loading the array - either I get the first or last element of the array as a scalar variable or I get arrays of the word 'Array': while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $rowid[] = $row["dnaProd_ID"]; $catid[] = $row["Cat_ID"]; $desc[] = $row["Description"]; $size[] = $row["Pkg_size"]; $price[] = $row["Price"]; } and I have tried it without the [] - neither works. I also tried this with a for loop - replacing the while statement with for($j=0; $j<=$len; $j++) { $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); $rowid[$j] = $row["dnaProd_ID"]; $catid[$j] = $row["Cat_ID"]; etc, etc.... nope ;{ <sigh> - checked the archives, books - saw a similar question but I tried what they did and it did not work. This is one of those instances where the solution is so simple I can't find it. TIA for your help, Nicole -- ######################## Nicole Lallande nicole@nmlconsulting.com 760.753.6766 ########################