What does this output? <? //include ("../lib/db1.php"); // Connect to database $db_host = 'biggie'; $db_user = 'root'; $db_pass = 'gugus@#$'; $db_name = 'biblane'; $db_connect = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass); if (!is_resource($db_connect)) { echo '<p>$db_connect is not a valid resource: ' . mysql_error() . '</p>'; exit(); } if (!mysql_select_db($db_name, $db_connect)) { echo "<p>Unable to select $db_name: " . mysql_error() . '</p>'; exit(); } $sql1 = "INSERT INTO test (name, age) VALUES ('Arnie Shwartz', '75')"; $result1 = mysql_query($sql1,$db); if (!is_resource($result1)) { echo "<p>Error performing 1st query: " . mysql_error() . "</p>"; exit(); } else { echo '<p>' . mysql_affected_rows() . 'row(s) affected by last statement</p>'; exit(); } ?> Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php