Re: Another Newbie Question

Thankx a million. It worked! "Court Shrock" <ShrockC@inhs.org> wrote in message news:25E1EA6CA52DD311A525009027725B5504142682@exchange1.inhs.org... > 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 > >