Ok, so I have run down all the possible things (that I know of) that could be keeping this from working. I have checked with my hosting service that: 1. MySQL is accessible with the original user I started with (for this case were using db123456) via ssh. 2. The cron is accessing my php script fine. 3. The cron is running the script and is attempting to access MySQL but not allowing access still. I tried running the script via ssh and it is timing out. No error of not accessing MySQL, just telling me it is timing out. This tells me (I could be wrong) that it is in fact accessing MySQL and that my calls to MySQL are making the script time out? What bothers me is that the cron errors out saying access denied but ssh says timeout error. Does anyone have any ideas for me to try at this point? If I don't get this to work in the next couple of days, I am toast! TIA, Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php