Hi: I have a stored procedure which looks like this; CREATE PROCEDURE DiamondsByTable (@pf_id varchar (100), @item_id char(2), @name varchar(255), @description varchar(255), @list_price int, @image_file varchar(255), @cost_price int, @sale_price int, @sale_start datetime, @sale_end datetime, @status int, @Lab varchar(30), @Cut varchar(20), @Color char(2), @Clarity char(3), @Weight char(5), @Diameter1 char(10), @Diameter2 char(10), @Height char(10), @Depth char(10), @Table char(10), @Crown char(10), @pavillion char(10), @Gridle char(15), @polish char(15), @Symmetry char(10), @fluorescence char(10), @Cutlet char(10), @Appraisal char(10), @Comment varchar(500), @dept_id int, @parcel char(15)) AS INSERT INTO diamonds_product (pf_id, item_id, name, description, list_price,image_file, cost_price,sale_price, sale_start, sale_end, status) VALUES (@pf_id, @item_id, @name, @description, @list_price,@image_file, @cost_price,@sale_price, @sale_start, @sale_end, @status) INSERT INTO diamonds_table (pf_id, lab, cut, color, clarity, weight, diameter1, diameter2, height, Depth, [table], crown, pavillion, Gridle, polish, symmetry, fluorescence, cutlet, appraisal, comment) VALUES (@pf_id, @lab, @cut, @color, @clarity, @weight, @diameter1, @diameter2, @height, @Depth, @table, @crown, @pavillion, @Gridle, @polish, @symmetry, @fluorescence, @cutlet, @appraisal, @comment) INSERT INTO diamonds_dept_prod (pf_id, dept_id) VALUES (@pf_id, @dept_id) INSERT INTO diamonds_parcel (pf_id, parcel) VALUES (@pf_id, @parcel) GO is there anyway to replace the third insert statement with this?? I don't know the correct syntax. Thanks for the help. the catch is sometimes a product should belong to two or more departments so if there is more than one value for pf_id I want to add one more row in the diamonds_dept_prod the third insert satement just insert one row and if there is another value for dept_id it will igore it. If you can tell me how to tailor the syntax I really appreciate that because syntax is always my problem. if Request("dept_id").Count <> 0 then for index = 1 to Request("dept_id").Count dept_id = Request("dept_id")(index) if dept_id < 0 or dept_id > 20000 then errorList.Add "dept_id must be a between 0 and 20000" else sqlText = "INSERT INTO diamonds_dept_prod VALUES 1, :2)" sqlText = Replace(sqlText, ":1", dept_id) sqlText = Replace(sqlText, ":2", "'" & Replace(pf_id,"'","''") & "'") Set cmdTemp = cycleADOConnection() cmdTemp.CommandText = sqlText rsDept.Open cmdTemp, , adOpenStatic, adLockOptimistic end if next end if