In fact using the @gmail.com part added on gives me the same error as the OP I think their welcome email needs tweaking.. try it without the domain added on On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 6:56 PM, David OBrien <dgobrien@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I should note my user name in this case *is* an email address, however > the dots in that address are *not* being converted to underscores as > mentioned (at least not visibly). > > > I just created a free account there and the email says my username is > dgobrien@xxxxxxxxx > but I connected to it from sqlyog and a php page by using JUST "dgobrien" > > <?php > $host = "instance44364.db.xeround.com:3924"; > > if ( $_REQUEST['Submit'] ) { > $conn = mysql_connect( $host, $_REQUEST['username'], $_REQUEST['password'] > ) or die( mysql_error() ); > if ($conn) { > mysql_select_db("uwharrie") or die( mysql_error() ); > echo "Connected<br>"; > } > } > > ?><form id='login' action='index.php' method='post' accept-charset='UTF-8'> > <legend>Login</legend> > <input type='hidden' name='submitted' id='submitted' value='1'/> > <label for='username' >UserName*:</label> > <input type='text' name='username' id='username' value='dgobrien' > maxlength="50" /> > <label for='password' >Password*:</label> > <input type='password' name='password' id='password' maxlength="50" > value='mmmmmm' /> > <input type='submit' name='Submit' value='Submit' /> > </form> >