note 5758 deleted from mysql_select_db by ronabop

Can't quite figure out what's going wrong with my connection to my mysql database. The $conn = mysql('localhost') string is true, (i.e. 1), however, when i try to select a database using mysql_select_db($database,$conn), it doesn't work, even when i hard code the database into the command, it still doesn't work.. i leave out $conn, still doesn't work. What is the deal? Is it possibly because i created the database as root? Where are the databases located if so, and what permission should i grant to "write" only capabilities? .. thanks, bovee