Attached are the 2 files, the form itself and the php to submit. Here are the commands I run on the sql server: create database olug_test; CREATE TABLE olug_test_form ( id mediumint(9) NOT NULL auto_increment, insertdate datetime NOT NULL, first_name varchar(255) default NULL, last_name varchar(255) default NULL, email_address varchar(255) default NULL, phone_number varchar(30) default NULL, company_name varchar(60) default NULL, address varchar(60) default NULL, city varchar(60) default NULL, state varchar(2) default NULL, zipcode varchar(10) default NULL, company_url varchar(255) default NULL, favorite_color text, what_is_your_quest varchar(255) default NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id)); grant alter,delete,index,insert,select,update on olug_test.olug_test_form to 'oluguser'@'%' identified by 'olugpassword' with grant option; flush privileges; That's pretty much it :)