Try this: <? $con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","password"); mysql_select_db("databasename",$con); $result = mysql_query("show tables"); while($actual = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { print $actual[0]."<br>\n"; } ?> Note the mysql_select_db have to receive the connection too. [ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: 9/3/2005 PHP Data object relational mapping generator - http://www.meta-language.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/