What exactly is the error message? Did you change config.php to use the name of your database and your username & password?
I've found the articles at devshed to be helpful in the past. This particular one has a pretty good explaination of setting up a user authentication system: http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/TimeIsMoney/TimeIsMoney1/page1.html Robert On 2/5/02 9:50 AM, "Jennifer Downey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All I want is to get the username into the database. > As soon as test.php shows in browser, the Username, submit button and box ar > e there but also > it prints the "There has been a problem." right off the bat. Now I know > there are misprints in the book > and I hope I was smart enough to catch them but maybe not. can someone > please tell me what I have > done wrong? > > Thanks for all your time. > > Jennifer Downey > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php