Let's work on the geeking before you do the Admin-gig. <minor flaming> I'm having horrible lag time and posts aren't posting. Update message set msg_replies=msg_replies + 1 where msg_id = 481017 Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e31' [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Timeout expired /boards/post_info.asp, line 96 Edit: we are all having problems <a href='read_msg.asp?message_id=481128'>#msg-481128</a>