RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL Connect Problem

Hi Jeff, I am using Windows, but am a beginner. Here is some code I use maybe it will help I use this in my navigation pages: <? include ("db_details.php"); ?> <? mysql_pconnect("$host","$user","$password") or die("Unable to connect to SQL server"); mysql_select_db("$dbasename") or die("Unable to select database"); ?> and here is db_details.php <? $host="host.name.com"; $user="user_id"; $password="password"; $dbasename="database_name"; ?> By using the include it means if I go LIVE with a site I only have to change one file db_details.php The reason I don't do it all in one is that it didn't like "." in IP addresses for some reason ( I think it thought it was the beginning of a string) On my windows machine my db_details would look like this <? $host="localhost"; $user=""; $password=""; $dbasename="database_name"; ?> You shouldn't need a password. I hope this helps All the Best Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Oien [mailto:jeff@webdesigns1.com] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 2:16 PM To: PHP-DB Subject: 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. > ====================================================== > -- 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