Isaak Malik wrote: > Because then the connection resource isn't stored in the $link variable > and you will be able to use the mysql functions without passing that > variable to each function. RTM again. The link parameter is completely optional. If you don't specify it, it uses the last connection created. I can do this and it's perfectly valid: $link = mysql_connect($server, $user, $pass); if (!$link) { die ("Unable to connect to the database server"); } $db_selected = mysql_select_db($databasename); if (!$db_selected) { die("Unable to connect to the database $databasename"); } $result = mysql_query("select 1"); -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php