Craig, I tried the following. I was able to connect to mysql but not to the database "contacts".
TR ....................................................... <HTML> <BODY> <? define("DATABASE_HOST", "localhost"); define("DATABASE_USER", "johndoe"); define("DATABASE_PASSWORD", "abc"); define("DATABASE_NAME", "contacts"); $connection=mysql_connect(DATABASE_HOST,DATABASE_USER,DATABASE_PASSWORD); if(!$connection) { echo "Couldn't connect."; exit; } $db=mysql_select_db(DATABASE_NAME,$connection); if(!$db) { echo "Couldn't connect to the database."; exit; } $sql="SELECT * FROM leads"; $mysql_result=mysql_query($sql, $connection); $num_rows=mysql_num_rows($mysql_result); if($num_rows==0) { echo "There is no information"; } else { echo"<TABLE ALIGN=\"Center\" BORDER=\"1\">"; echo"<TR><TH><FONT FACE =\"Arial\" SIZE=\"2\">First Name</TH><TH><FONT FACE =\"Arial\" SIZE=\"2\">Last Name</TH><TH><FONT FACE =\"Arial\" SIZE=\"2\">email</TH><TH><FONT FACE =\"Arial\" SIZE=\"2\">State</TH>"; while($row=mysql_fetch_array($mysql_result)) { $fname=$row["fname"]; $lname=$row["lname"]; $email=$row["email"]; $state=$row["state"]; $ID=$row["ID"]; echo " <TR><TH><FONT FACE =\"Arial\" SIZE=\"2\">$fname</TH><TH><FONT FACE =\"Arial\" SIZE=\"2\">$lname</TH><TH><FONT FACE =\"Arial\" SIZE=\"2\">$email</TH><TH><FONT FACE =\"Arial\" SIZE=\"2\">$state</TH></TR>"; } } mysql_close($connection); ?> </BODY> </HTML> ........................................... Craig Donnelly wrote in message: Try this for your connection: ............................................ <? > > // Database constants > define("DATABASE_HOST", "localhost"); > define("DATABASE_USER", "root"); > define("DATABASE_PASSWORD", "*YOUR_PASS*"); > define("DATABASE_NAME", "*YOUR_DB_NAME*"); > > // Establish connection > $dbLink = mysql_connect(DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASSWORD); > if(!$dbLink) { > print "Unable to connect to the database, please contact Sysadmin > asap."; > } else { > $dbUse = mysql_select_db(DATABASE_NAME, $dbLink); > } > > ?> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Hope it helps ya, > > Craig -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php