many changes to php.ini to get this far..whew! PHP 5.2.7 just got jerked out from underneathe me (I have't replaced it since this is a simple script) phpinfo works! <?php // Server in the this format: <computer>\<instance name> or // <server>,<port> when using a non default port number $server = 'LANDON\SQLEXPRESS'; $link = mssql_connect($server, 'sa', 'PW'); <<<<< line 6 if(!$link) { die('Something went wrong while connecting to MSSQL'); } ?> Warning: mssql_connect() [function.mssql-connect]: Unable to connect to server: LANDON\SQLEXPRESS in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\trymssql.php on line 6 Something went wrong while connecting to MSSQL -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php