thanks spookie,
ya i figured it out...
another question though..
there is a set of checkboxes on one page, about 15..the user can check as many as he/she wants..they all have the same name but different values, so i've created like an array out of the checkbox values...
my question is that on another page, the admin page for the site, i want the same layout of checkboxes to appear but have those boxes checked which the user checked on the first page...is there anyway to do that?
if it's confusing, i can post the code...
thanks alot guys
arif