this might help
[!--PHP-Head--][div class=\'phptop\']PHP[/div][div class=\'phpmain\'][!--PHP-EHead--][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]<?php [/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"]require_once([/span][span style=\"color:#DD0000\"]\'yourdb_conn.php\'[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"]);
[/span][span style=\"color:#FF8000\"]// connect to db
[/span][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]$conn [/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"]= [/span][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]db_connect[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"]();
if (![/span][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]$conn[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"])
return [/span][span style=\"color:#DD0000\"]\'Could not connect to database server - please try later.\'[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"];
[/span][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]$sql [/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"]=[/span][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]mysql_query[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"]([/span][span style=\"color:#DD0000\"]\"CREATE TABLE members (
`username` varchar(25) NOT NULL default \'\'
)\"[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"]);
[/span][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]mysql_query[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"]([/span][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]$sql[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"], [/span][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]$conn[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"]);
echo [/span][span style=\"color:#DD0000\"]\"Creating table: \\'members\\'....\'\"[/span][span style=\"color:#007700\"];
[/span][span style=\"color:#0000BB\"]?>[/span]
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