Alti, once again thanks for your time and some very good ideas. I'll implement the delete flag idea and then write something so I can purge the database regularly.

Reagrds,

Simon

Alti,

Many thanks for your response. The adminstrator already has to log in and I control access to the page that deletes all the pictures and the user and using the $_SESSION variable. I have written the code to delete the pictures and user and then got worried about hackers.

What I had in mind was that once the administrator had hit the delete key the PHP code would be suspended until a confirmation response is recieved...

I have been developing a website over the past couple for my wife who is an artist. During that time I have taught myself PHP and mySQL and developed a content management system that allows her to upload and edit pictures, and and delete information like links and exhibitions and generally stop hassling me.

I have now extended it cover a couple of her art groups where she can create and delete new artists and they then have the same...