Re: Mysql newbie

2002-11-05 Thread Ken Arck
My problem is resolved. Apparently I was missing a package "php-mysql". Funny, no docs I found make mention of this. In any case, I'm up and running. Thanks to all who offered help! Ken -- President - Arcom Communicatio

Re: Mysql newbie

2002-11-05 Thread Ken Arck
I'm confused John. Since "--with-mysql=shared,/usr' " appears in the "Configure Command" table from phpinfo(), doesn't that mean php *was* compiled with mysql support? Ken At 12:03 AM 11/5/2002 -0500, John Coder wrote: >On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 23:51, Ken Ar

Re: Mysql newbie

2002-11-04 Thread Ken Arck
> then it's compiled under dbx functions not mysql functions run >configure again with the same arguments except for mysql just run >--with-mysql and it should be ok. <-As I said, it was installed from an rpm as part of the Redhat install package and not from a tarball. Are you saying to rei

Re: Mysql newbie

2002-11-04 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:32 PM 11/4/2002 -0500, you wrote: > What exactly do you mean by compiled in ? what does your phpinfo say. >You should have a section on mysql not just the line supported databases >mysql,pgsql,etc.

Mysql newbie

2002-11-04 Thread Ken Arck
Hi folks. I'm a real newbie to mysql (believe it or not!) While just starting to get my feet wet in it, I've come across a huge stumbling block already. I am familiar with php however. A php script I'm playing with has this line: $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root"); Here's the html output