dumb mysql_connect issue

Is there anything (add. parameters, etc.) that I'm missing that would possibly explain why the following code won't execute? <?php $connection = mysql_connect("hostname","username","password") or die ("Couldn't connect to server"); $db = mysql_select_db("database", $connection) or die ("Couldn't select database"); $sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name.column_name1, table_name.column_name2"; $sql_result = mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die ("Couldn't execute query"); ?> Thanks in advance. This mailing list rules!!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/