RE: [PHP-WIN] Another Newbie Question

Are you sure that the database server is called 'nik'.....if the same system is both your web server and database server, I would recommend replacing 'nik' with 'localhost'. I am thinking that your mysql_connect() should be as follows: mysql_connect('localhost', 'nik', ''); //connect to localhost as the user, nik, with no password > -----Original Message----- > From: Nik Alleyne [mailto:nik@guyanachronicle.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:56 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Another Newbie Question > > > Good evening everyone, > I am new (very new) to php. I was doing some research on the > net and learn > of this packaged and after reading just a couple of pages, i > figure i should > learn this instead of ASP. It looks so easy. Anyhow here is > my problem. > > I am trying to connect to the database (MySQL) however, I can't I am > connecting to the server, but I cannot connect to my sample database. > > Here is my script? > <?php > mysql_connect("nik", "", "") or > die("could not connect to the database"); > mysql_select_db("guestbook") or > die ("could not connect to the specified database"); > ?> > I'm getting the "could not connect to the specified database" message. > P.S. The database exists. > > Please Help > Thx > Nik > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >