Hi, I am trying to call mapquest maps. If I don't use url_quote to format my string, I loose the spaces and I don't get the correct map. When I use url_quote it converts everything, including the '&' character. It produces the following string: http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_free%3fwidth%3d400%26height%3d300%26stree taddress%3d3850%20Pecan%20Lane%20%26city%3dLas%20Vegas%26state%3dNV This url fails to bring up a page at all, at least the one with spaces sort of worked. What is the problem? I tried to use translate() to convert all the spaces to %20, but I cannot determine how to use the translate function. Thanks for any help, Willie Willie Peloquin Senior Software Engineer - Contract http://www.ismi.net/~wpeloqui "It is unwise to stray from the obvious and simple."