can't connect to mysql database

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  18 years ago

  by psn

  psn

  , United States

  Joined 18 years ago

  I want to connect to the database planetsim.
  and show table links
  but im getting these errors
  Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Access denied for user: 'username@localhost' (Using password: YES) in C:\apache\htdocs\planetsim\links.php on line 6
  

  
  Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Access denied for user: 'ODBC@localhost' (Using password: NO) in C:\apache\htdocs\planetsim\links.php on line 7
  

  
  Warning: MySQL: A link to the server could not be established in C:\apache\htdocs\planetsim\links.php on line 7
  

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  18 years ago

  by racing_fire

  racing_fire

  Las Vegas, NV, USA, United States

  Joined 18 years ago

  you are using the wrong username and password to connect and on the last error, thats because it couldnt connect because of this.

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  18 years ago

  by psn

  psn

  , United States

  Joined 18 years ago

  ok then i worked it out.
  I want to display a table called links with these fields
  id, sitename, siteaddress
  theres only 2 rows at the moment
  I want to have the siteaddress as the url and the sitename where ud put the name of a page or site
  eg.
  <a href="siteaddress">sitename</a>
  how can i do this
  also who can help me can they show me from the begginning like from connect to database

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  18 years ago

  by James Crowley

  James Crowley

  London, United Kingdom

  Joined 20 years ago

  you could take a look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php ... that should show you how to do pretty much everything
  

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