Dear Sir / Madam, I am trying to connect our US mysql database server from Malaysia server, but it isn't work. Below is my example coding:- mysql_pconnect("202.42.236.105","tester","tester"); mysql_select_db("tester"); $sql = "select * from tester"; etc..... What else should I know or I miss, to make it function? Any good idea to do that? Thanks in advance, Ian. -- 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]