i have the dbconnect.php as : ////////////////// <?php mysql_connect("192.168.0.111" , "root" , "pass") or die ("Couldn't connect to database"); mysql_select_db("DatabaseName") or die("sorry database not found"); ?> /////////////////// when i put localhost instead of the IP address of my machine (localy) i got the following error... Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\kt\superv_list.php on line 5 No Data Found.. what is my problem, this was a test to connect to my database on the same machine . but i replaced the "localhost" with my machine IP address.. do i have to put a domain name instead of an IP if i want to connect to a remote server on the internert? Regards nabil -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php