Try putting mysql_error() in your die statements so :

   or die(mysql_error());

and see what it tells you.

Regards,
Philip


On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, CGI GUY wrote:

> Is there anything (add. parameters, etc.) that I'm
> missing that would possibly explain why the following
> code won't execute?
> 
> <?php
> 
> $connection =
> mysql_connect("hostname","username","password") or die
> ("Couldn't connect to server");
> 
> $db = mysql_select_db("database", $connection) or die
> ("Couldn't select database");
> 
> $sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name.column_name1,
> table_name.column_name2";
> 
> $sql_result = mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die
> ("Couldn't execute query");
> 
> ?>
> 
> Thanks in advance. This mailing list rules!!!
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