Hi, this is the most common subject of this mail list! i am experiencing the same problem. i tried my best reading available archives and experimented the suggestions given in them. my problem still persists :( any help will be greatly appreciated. here is my environment: Apache : 1.3.12 on RH 7.0 PHP : 4.0.5 configured and compiled with the following options: configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-sybase=/usr/local/freetds/ FreeTDS: 0.51 configured and compiled with the option: configure --with-tdsver=4.2 --enable-dbmfix MSSQL : 7.0 running on NT 4.0 the /usr/local/freetds/interfaces file contains: alchemy query tcp eather 192.168.23.10 1433 master tcp eather 192.168.23.10 1433 The following code: $conn = mssql_connect( "alchemy", "sa", ""); mssql_select_db( "testdb", $conn); ------------------( Line 6) returns: 0 is not a Sybase link index in /var/www/html/trials/test2.php on line 6 thanks in advance Anil -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]