Ooh, I guess they don't email you when you get a reply here. Sorry for the late reply; To answer some of the questions of Improv, you nailed all three of those. I am using a .dat file, like a csv file I am assuming, I'm not doing this version in mysql, and I am using p Yeerl no doubt. Ok, here is an example of my .dat file: 
<!--START:-->
<table width=500 border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0><tr><td>Signed o
+n:&nbsp;April 23, 2003</td></tr><tr><td>Name:Devin</td></tr><tr><td>E
+mail:&nbsp; <a href='mailto:'puckchewer@cs.com>puckchewer@cs.com</a><
+/td></tr><tr><td>Country:USA</td><tr><td>State/Province/Territory:&nb
+sp;Colorado</td></tr><tr><td>City:&nbsp;Loveland</td></tr><tr><td>Sit
+e rating:&nbsp;10</td></tr><tr><td>Comments:<br>Testing my entry for 
+the second time to see if the buffer turned off.</tr><tr><td></table>

<!--END:--><!--START:-->
<table width=500 border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0><tr><td>Signed o
+n:&nbsp;April 23, 2003</td></tr><tr><td>Name:Devin</td></tr><tr><td>E
+mail:&nbsp; <a href='mailto:'puckchewer@cs.com>puckchewer@cs.com</a><
+/td></tr><tr><td>Country:USA</td><tr><td>State/Province/Territory:&nb
+sp;Colorado</td></tr><tr><td>City:&nbsp;Loveland</td></tr><tr><td>Sit
+e rating:&nbsp;10</td></tr><tr><td>Comments:<br>Testing my entry</tr>
+<tr><td></table>

<!--END:-->

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Yes, I am completely aware that I should generate my HTML on the fly but I haven't had time to re-write the script in order to do that. My main problems are figuring out what I need to do to manipulate the strings (I'm sure I'm just thinking too hard) in order to break them into their separate messages. If you could possible give me what you would normally do in a case like this, that would definitely help.

In reply to Re: Re: Admin-ing a file? by stonecolddevin
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