On a system with php4 and mysql 4.x I had these lines: require("../db-config"); // includes $dbhost, $buname, $dbpass $db = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuname, $dbpass); mysql_select_db($dbname,$db); $sql = "SELECT * FROM CATEGORY WHERE ....."; $result = mysql_query($sql,$db); $num=mysql_num_rows($result); while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { .... Moving the *.php to a php5 and mysql 5.x site I get these errors: PHP Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in ... PHP Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in ... Looking at the manual, I cannot see what I am doing wrong. bye R.