First I suggest you see if MySQL is even running. Terminal Window type the following service mysqld status If it is running Great now you need to check your connection string for Errors. **** Not running do this ***** Terminal Window service mysqld start If you have an error in the setup it will display it for future trouble shooting. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php