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Greetings all, Special greetings to all my new PHP list pals, you know who you are. Sorry to be so mysterious in the subject line but i dont know how to explain this in one line. ever visit a site and you get this text (Or something like this...heheh) "This morning shockingly Bill Gates claims he is broke! The kooky billionaire is.......(link)subscribe / login to read this fully." "This morning shockingly Bill Gates claims he is GAY! The kooky billionaire is.......(link)subscribe / login to read this fully." "This morning shockingly Bill Gates claims he is impotent! The kooky billionaire is.......(link)subscribe / login to read this fully." etc etc Basically, its querying the database and instead of displaying the whole results it just taking the first 2 lines or X number of characters and then adding the link stuff.....any idea how to do this? NOTE:Before i get you microsoft lovers coming after my throat.......I HAVE NOTHING AGAIN BILL GATES/MICROSOFT. I actually use a lot of his companys software...am running win2k myself. Get off my back. And for the rest of you who think that i am suffering from insanity....you are wrong...I am enjoying every minute of it! heheheh ahhahahah ahahhah GAGAGAGAG HAHAHA HEHEH ANY help appreciated. Cheers, -Ryan