I was just thinking about something I've never understood completely! mssql_connect($server, 'sa', 'PW'); presumes the server doesn't have all the permissions in spite of the fact that it has the password. The password I gave is the XP Prof login PW. Maybe some other PW. --- On Mon, 12/8/08, Fred Silsbee <fredsilsbee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Fred Silsbee <fredsilsbee@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: MS SQL error...I've come a long way to get this far > To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 7:13 PM > 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