RE: [PHP] two different MySQL connections without always select_db?

i dont know if this will work, but you can try selecting them in the query... i.e.: select * from database.table I am by no means a guru on sql queries, but it may work. -----Original Message----- From: PHP freak [mailto:php@hitmedia.com] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 8:39 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net; php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] two different MySQL connections without always select_db? How would you keep two different MySQL connections to two different MySQL databases (on two different MySQL servers) up and available with two different pointers (id), and not need to always do "select_db()" to switch between them? I thought that if I did this: ----------- php: ------------- $aaa_link = mysql_pconnect("localhost", "u", "p"); mysql_select_db("apples", $aaa_link); $zzz_link = mysql_pconnect("remotehost", "u", "p"); mysql_select_db("zebras", $zzz_link); ------------------------------ ... that I'd be able to access both pretty easily. Like this: ----------- php: ------------- $aaa_result = mysql_query("select * from apples", $aaa_link); $orchard = mysql_fetch_assoc($aaa_result); $zzz_result = mysql_query("select * from zebras", $zzz_link); $zoo = mysql_fetch_assoc($zzz_result); $aaa_result = mysql_query("update apples set something='" . $zoo['zebrafur'] . "'", $aaa_link); ------------------------------ But it seems to tell me that $zzz_result is not a valid resource - unless I do the select_db thing inbetween the two commands. Is there anyone doing this successfully? Back-n-forth between two databases? Thanks for any help. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php