[!--quoteo(post=358017:date=Mar 24 2006, 02:08 PM:name=keeB)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(keeB @ Mar 24 2006, 02:08 PM) [snapback]358017[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] adodb is a class that can be used to connect to a mysql database, but you need to do all of your work within that adodb class.. installing mySQL with php is very simple, and there's a guide at [a href=\"http://www.php.net\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.php.net[/a] .. just search for 'mySQL' and select 'manual' in the dropdown. GOOD LUCK [/quote] but i got this error which point my sql connection Debug Error: adodb\drivers\adodb-mysql.inc.php line 354 - Call to undefined function mysql_connect() and when i check it out, its this. if (ADODB_PHPVER >= 0x4300) $this->_connectionID = mysql_connect($argHostname,$argUsername,$argPassword, $this->forceNewConnect,$this->clientFlags); i dont understand the forcenewconnect and clientflags, wad has these got to be related to me loggin into my database?