Re: [PHP] First Attempt to use DB failed.

Jim, Are you using a port other than the default (3306)? If so you can specify it by localhost:3306 Is the server really running? > I ran the following PHP script: > > $die_msg = "Connection to Database Failed" > $connect = mysql_connect("localhost","UserName","UserPW") > or die("Connect Fail

Re: [PHP] First Attempt to use DB failed.

On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 04:27:56PM -0500, Jim Bailey wrote: > $die_msg = "Connection to Database Failed" Where's the terminating ";" on that prior line? > $connect = mysql_connect("localhost","UserName","UserPW") > or die("Connect Failed" ): You put a ":" rather than ";" on the prior line