This is not true, the resource link identifier is optional! If unspecified, the last opened link is used. My suggestion is to check the results of mysql_error() for more information on the failed query.
HTH, Ivo "Jay Blanchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] $dbh = mysql_connect("localhost", "login", "password") or die('cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error()); mysql_select_db("database"); $query = 'SELECT * FROM cities'; $result = mysql_query($query); while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { echo ('<tr> <td class="city">' . $row[0] . ', ' . $row[1] . '</td> <td>' . $row[2] . '</td> <td>' . $row[3] . "</td> </tr>\n"); } getting this error: *Warning*: mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in... so... is the problem with the $query? I don't see anything wrong (assuming my login and database selection is correct) what are the common errors here? [/snip] mysql_query needs both the query variable and the connection variable.... mysql_query($query, $dbh); HTH! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
