Ahghh!
<sorry>
I don't meant you but the poster of thread!
It is great for beginners. I quoted a wrong person,
</Sorry>

Are you sure you don need this dose?

Still not working for me. I don't know the code, so I'm not sure what to look for, but I made sure that all the variable names and everything were correct.

Here's the code that I'm using:

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<FORM ACTION="<?php echo($PHP_SELF); ?>" METHOD="post">
<P>Type your word here:<BR>
<TEXTAREA NAME="word" ROWS="2" COLS="40" WRAP="HARD"></TEXTAREA><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="submitWord" VALUE="SUBMIT">
</FORM>
 
<?php
$word = $_POST['submitWord'];
if ("SUBMIT" == $submitWord) {
  $sql = "INSERT INTO Dictionary SET " .
         "Word='$word', " .
         "AddDate=CURDATE()";
  if (mysql_query($sql)) {
    echo("<P>Your word has been added.</P>");
  } else {
    echo("<P>Error adding submitted word: " .
         mysql_error() . "</P>");
  }
}
?>

<FORM ACTION="<?php echo($PHP_SELF); ?>" METHOD="post"> <P>Type your word here:<BR> <TEXTAREA NAME="word" ROWS="2" COLS="40" WRAP="HARD"></TEXTAREA><BR> <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="submitWord" VALUE="SUBMIT"> </FORM> <?php $word = $_POST['submitWord']; if ("SUBMIT" == $submitWord) { $sql = "INSERT INTO Dictionary SET " . "Word='$word', " . "AddDate=CURDATE()"; if (mysql_query($sql)) { echo("<P>Your word has been added.</P>"); } else { echo("<P>Error adding submitted word: " . mysql_error() . "</P>"); } } ?>

If this helps, when I use PuTTY to check the contents of the database, I see this:

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mysql> select * from Dictionary;
+----+----------+------+----------------------------------------------+------------+
| ID | Word     | PoS  | Definition                                   | AddDate    |
+----+----------+------+----------------------------------------------+------------+
|  2 | abstract | adj  | NULL                                         | 0000-00-00 |
|  3 | abstract | adj  | NULL                                         | 0000-00-00 |
|  4 | abstract | adj  | not concrete; hard to understand; intangible | 2009-11-08 |
+----+----------+------+----------------------------------------------+------------+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> select * from Dictionary; +----+----------+------+----------------------------------------------+------------+ | ID | Word | PoS | Definition | AddDate | +----+----------+------+----------------------------------------------+------------+ | 2 | abstract | adj | NULL | 0000-00-00 | | 3 | abstract | adj | NULL | 0000-00-00 | | 4 | abstract | adj | not concrete; hard to understand; intangible | 2009-11-08 | +----+----------+------+----------------------------------------------+------------+ 3 rows in set (0.01 sec)

Thanks! I'll look at that now.