Are you sure that the database server is called 'nik'.....if the same system
is both your web server and database server, I would recommend replacing
'nik' with 'localhost'. I am thinking that your mysql_connect() should be
as follows:
mysql_connect('localhost', 'nik', '');
//connect to localhost as the user, nik, with no password
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nik Alleyne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] Another Newbie Question
>
>
> Good evening everyone,
> I am new (very new) to php. I was doing some research on the
> net and learn
> of this packaged and after reading just a couple of pages, i
> figure i should
> learn this instead of ASP. It looks so easy. Anyhow here is
> my problem.
>
> I am trying to connect to the database (MySQL) however, I can't I am
> connecting to the server, but I cannot connect to my sample database.
>
> Here is my script?
> <?php
> mysql_connect("nik", "", "") or
> die("could not connect to the database");
> mysql_select_db("guestbook") or
> die ("could not connect to the specified database");
> ?>
> I'm getting the "could not connect to the specified database" message.
> P.S. The database exists.
>
> Please Help
> Thx
> Nik
>
>
>
>
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