This helped a LOT! With that info I was able to figure out that I need to do this. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Old_client.html Thanks everyone, Jason Davis "Jason Wong" <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:200501070031.55146.php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Thursday 06 January 2005 23:41, Jason Davis wrote: > > Hi all I am new to PHP and am trying to connect to mysql for the first > > time. > > In that case I strongly suggest that you at least vaguely familiarise yourself > with using the basic PHP-native mysql_*() functions first. Go through the > examples in the manual, learn how to: > > - connect to the server > - select a database > - perform some simple queries > - retrieve the results of the queries > - handle errors > > Whilst doing that you will have also confirmed whether your connection > parameters (username/password/hostname/dbname) are correct. > > > I get activity on the mysql monitor when I run it, > > What is this monitor? Doesn't it give any clearer indication of what is > failing? Because this ... > > > but get the following error. > > DB Error: connect failed > > ... seems to be an error produced by your Pear DB class and isn't very > informative at all. If you do the above and use mysql_error() you'll get a > more precise error message. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > ------------------------------------------ > Search the list archives before you post > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-db > ------------------------------------------ > New Year Resolution: Ignore top posted posts -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
