Hi
Well you should have the server name from your host, *usually* 'localhost',
a typical connection for me is below:
$connection = mysql_connect("localhost","username","password") or
die("Couldn't Connect");
HTH
Paul
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From: "David Bedingfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 2:16 PM
Subject: [PHP-DB] connecting to msql... easy question!
: ...still no luck with this... any help?
:
: David Bedingfield wrote:
:
: > With a basic php document, I am trying to create a table. I have a good
: > code for the table (I think) but I cannot connect to the SQL server. I
: > have the SQL server name, SQL username, SQL password, and SQL database
: > name. I have tried too many options to list here. It is not a localhost.
: >
: > I'm using the function msql_connect();
: >
: > I can't figure out how to properly write the server name in between to
: > parentheses. I keep get fatal errors, and parsing errors, and all kinds
: > of crazy errors.
: >
: > Spent most my night researching this, to no avail. Any response will be
: > greatly appreciated.
:
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