Re: connecting to msql... easy question!

Hi Well you should have the server name from your host, *usually* 'localhost', a typical connection for me is below: $connection = mysql_connect("localhost","username","password") or die("Couldn't Connect"); HTH Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bedingfield" <dave@bedingfield.net> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 2:16 PM Subject: [PHP-DB] connecting to msql... easy question! : ...still no luck with this... any help? : : David Bedingfield wrote: : : > With a basic php document, I am trying to create a table. I have a good : > code for the table (I think) but I cannot connect to the SQL server. I : > have the SQL server name, SQL username, SQL password, and SQL database : > name. I have tried too many options to list here. It is not a localhost. : > : > I'm using the function msql_connect(); : > : > I can't figure out how to properly write the server name in between to : > parentheses. I keep get fatal errors, and parsing errors, and all kinds : > of crazy errors. : > : > Spent most my night researching this, to no avail. Any response will be : > greatly appreciated. : : : -- : PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) : To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net : For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net : To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net :