Re: mysql_connect does not connect

* Thus wrote Sam Hobbs: > "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.biz> wrote in message > news:200409161659.55935.php-general@gremlins.biz... > > > > The firewall is relevant depending on your circumstances. In any case it > > would > > take you all of one minute to disable your firewall to test out this "wild > > far out suggestion". At the most you would have lost one minute but you > > would > > have either: > > > > - gained the satisfaction of saying "I told you the firewall was > > irrelevant, > > now go away and stop wasting my time with your ridiculous suggestions" > > > > or > > > > - you would have found the cause of your problem > > It definitely takes more than a minute. It takes nearly a minute just to > logoff one user and I often have another user, the Administrator account, > ... > I must restart ZoneAlarm, restart the system and be sure to plug the modem > back in while the system starts. The whole operation is likely to take > nearly a half hour at least. Um.. you do realize you have more problems than php not being able to connect to the database. Curt -- The above comments may offend you. flame at will.