[snip] Is the database selection necessary, or is that implied with a SELECT or other SQL command? [/snip] It depends on the database (as you have seen in many of the responses), but there is a way to keep from doing this if the database is ANSI compliant using proper SQL syntax; SELECT a.foo, a.bar FROM myDatabase.myTable a WHERE you set other conditions here All that is required is that you establish a connection to a server. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
