[Dean C]

I may be missing something here but why are you only selecting when there is no data? Should it be like this:

PHP Code:

//############### start advertising / sponsorship banner #############
$showad = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM ads WHERE forumidnum='$forumid'");
    if (!empty($showad[forumidnum]) or $showad[forumidnum] =="") {
  $randomad=$DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM ads ORDER BY RAND() desc LIMIT 1");
   eval("\$showthisad .= \"".gettemplate("ads_bannerbank")."\";");
 } else {    
eval("\$showthisad .= \"".gettemplate("ads_forum_sponsor")."\";");
} 


That's what doesn't make sense to me :s

- miSt