Re: PEAR DB Connection question
| From: | Tomas V.V.Cox | Date: | Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:05:21 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PEAR DB Connection question | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.pear.general |
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"Timothy M. Crider" wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I tried to connect to a MySQL DB via DB::connect and I found that I
> needed to put a database at the end of the dsn in order for it to connect.
> All I wanted to do however was run the query SHOW DATABASES, and dump them
> quietly. Should this require me to pick a database in order to establish a
> connection or should this be changed to compensate for a user running
> queries against MySQL that don't require a database?
>
If you use PEAR DB 1.3 there is no need to specify a database for MySQL.
Tomas V.V.Cox