Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/06/05 04:38

Dale wrote:
> I'm (trying) to help a friend setup a MySQL db and use some simple
> scripts on a site hosted with GoDaddy. I note that GoDaddy appears to
> use Microsoft. I have done this:
>
> $connection = mysql_connect("localhost","mydatabase","password")
> or die ("Couldn't connect to server.");
> $sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM dummy");
> $row = mysql_fetch_array($sql);
> echo $row['name'];
> ?>
>
> on several Apache servers and it always seems to work. I created the
> MySQL database using the GoDaddy control panel (which is very confusing
> and poor IMO). I dove into phpAdmin and was able to do stuff. But I
> can't get php to connect.
>
> Is there something different I need to do for Microsoft servers?
>
> Thanks,
>

Did you ask GoDaddy? The database may not be on your host. Check their
documentation.


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