Drew, is there somewhere i can send you the login details to the website in question so you can take a look?

I have set up a degenerately simple website with a very simple index.php, installed Perch from scratch and I'm still getting the same issue. I realise i'm probably just being very dumb but...

Let me know.

Ok, I'm going to delete the db too and start again with a fresh one.

More anon...

Well, it appears there was an issue with the MySql db as all is well now. Cant figure that one out but if anyone wants to play with the offending db i didnt actually delete it and still have it.

Thanks everyone, especially Robert who was a superstar!

Cheers - Mark