RE: [PHP-DB] mysql_connect returning error message

<snip> > > $dblink = mysql_connect("<hostname>", "<user>", > > "<password>"); > > > > if I echo $dblink it returns the message "Resource id #1" > > > > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in > > (Then/it/lists/the/filename and line #) </snip> Your first objective is to find out what the actual error is :) $dblink = mysql_connect("<hostname>", "<user>", "<password>"); echo mysql_error(); mysql_db_query ("foo","SELECT * FROM bar"); echo mysql_error(); This will have PHP spurt out any error messages from the MySQL server (which no doubt will lead you to the true source of the problem). BTW, assigning a variable to contain the link identifier for mysql_connect is unnecessary if this will be the only mysql connection running in that PHP script. Sincerely, Craig Vincent