the '@' sign suppresses the error/warning messages. Perhaps you would want to leave that off in a development environment. It may lead to some good keys to finding the solution.. -Brad
> mySQL; php running in safe mode; compared to the other code on the same > server. here is mine - I don't get any connection. What could be wrong? > Also, what does this @ sign mean before the mysql_connect? > > function dbopen(){ > $tablename = "balzerdez02"; > $dbname = "marketingcompany"; > $hostname="localhost"; > $username="tmc"; > $password="t7t7k1k1"; > $dbconn=@mysql_connect($hostname,$username,$password); > mysql_select_db($dbname) or die ("Could not find the table"); > echo("$dbconn :- connect"); > } > > dbopen(); > > > Thanks. > -Alex > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php