i'm a beginner and new to php. i'm having problem with survey script and voting function. can anyone please help me out.. the script only accept the last question's answer and update the database = acount+1. script to display survey: Code: <?php echo "<form action='vote.php' method=post> <table width='300' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align='center'>"; $query1 = "SELECT * FROM questions"; $result1 = mysql_query($query1)or die("ERROR: $query.".mysql_error()); $num_row=mysql_num_rows($result1); $i=1; while($i<$num_row){ while ($row1 = mysql_fetch_array($result1)) { $qid = $row1['qid']; $qtitle = $row1['qtitle']; $query2 = "SELECT * FROM answers WHERE qid='$qid'"; $result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die("ERROR: $query.".mysql_error()); echo "<tr> <td width='300' align='left'><p>".$i.". ".$qtitle."</p></td> </tr>"; while ($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2)) { $aid = $row2['aid']; $atitle = $row2['atitle']; echo "<tr> <td width='300' align='left'><input type = radio name =aid value = '".$aid."'><font>".$atitle."</font></input><br></p></td> </tr>"; } echo "<input type = hidden name = qid value = '".$qid."'>"; echo "<br />"; $i++; } } echo "<td><br><br></td><tr> <td width='300' align='center'><input type = submit name = submit value = 'Submit'></td> </tr> </table> </form>"; } } // close connection mysql_close(); ?> voting script: Code: <?php if (isset($_COOKIE) && !empty($_COOKIE)) { if ($_COOKIE['lastpoll'] && $_COOKIE['lastpoll'] == $_POST['qid']) { echo '<script>alert("You have already voted. Thank You !!!");</script>'; echo '<script>location.replace("trysurvey.php");</script>'; exit(); } } // set cookie setCookie('lastpoll', $_POST['qid'], time() + 2592000); if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { if (!isset($_POST['aid'])) { echo '<script>alert("Please select one of the available choices.");</script>'; echo '<script>history.back(1);</script>'; } else{ require_once('config.php'); $aid=$_POST['aid']; $qid=$_POST['qid']; // update vote counter $query = "UPDATE answers SET acount = acount + 1 WHERE aid = '$aid' AND qid = '$qid'"; $result = mysql_query($query) or die("ERROR: $query. ".mysql_error()); } // close connection mysql_close(); // print success message echo '<script>alert("Your have successfully voted.");</script>'; echo '<script>location.replace("trysurvey.php");</script>'; } else { echo '<script>alert("Unable to submit your Vote. Please try again !!!");</script>'; echo '<script>history.back(1);</script>'; } ?> please help... thanks in advance