RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL Connect Problem

I'm on Windows 2000. Jeff > Jeff, > > If you are on unix/linux use the command id to see who you are. > You can only use jeff in your connect string if jeff is a user in your mysql > database. > > If you are root when you are running mysql then you should probably set a > password for root in the database. > > Wayne > > > On Thu, 17 May 2001 13:20, Jeff Oien wrote: > > > > Here is sample code: > > > > <? > > > > $connection = @mysql_connect("localhost", "jeff", > > > > "*****") > > > > or die("Couldn't connect."); > > > > if ($connection) { > > > > $msg = "success!"; > > > > } > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > This is on my machine only used by me. I also tried connecting to > > > > IP address and 127.0.0.1 and it still won't work. Thanks. > > > > Jeff Oien > > > > > > Are your the 'root' rather than 'jeff'? Did you alter the grants > > > and > > > apply the password? If not do you need a password for connection? > > > > > > Tim Morris > > > > To be honest I don't know if I am root. I know I don't need a password > > to connect via the command line. I just type 'mysql'. I do have username > > and password specified in the .ini file which I believe I set when I first > > installed it. What can I do from here? > > Jeff Oien > > -- > Wayne Bastow - DBA - Central Coast Health Phone: 61 2 43203231 > Email: wbastowATccahsDOThealthDOTnswDOTgovDOTau > > Linux, the choice of a GNU generation Kernel 2.2.16-22 on a i686 > > Running Windows on a Pentium is like having a brand new Porsche but only > be able to drive backwards with the handbrake on. (Unknown source) > > ====================================================== > This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are > those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of > the NSW Department of Health. > ====================================================== >