Yes, it does ot work for localhost or 127.0.0.1. Although i can view the pages using http://localhost and can also create odbc using local. ________________________________ From: Ariz Jacinto [mailto:acjacinto@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 12:36 PM To: Harpreet Cc: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Localhost does not work does 127.0.0.1 yield the same error? On 8/10/06, Harpreet <harpreet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: I am using sql server 2005 and apache. And yes they r on both the machines. -----Original Message----- From: John Meyer [mailto:john.l.meyer@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 12:00 PM To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Localhost does not work Is the MySQL server located on the same machine as the Apache machine? -----Original Message----- From: Harpreet [mailto: harpreet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:harpreet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:36 AM To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Localhost does not work $con = mssql_connect('localhost','username','password') Does not work but $con = mssql_connect($_GET["HOSTNAME"],'username','password') works fine. Please help To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php