[!--quoteo(post=359886:date=Mar 29 2006, 10:49 PM:name=warewolfe)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(warewolfe @ Mar 29 2006, 10:49 PM) [snapback]359886[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Hej, try <?php $link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'pass); if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); } echo 'Connected successfully<br>'; mysql_select_db("test",$link"); $result = mysql_query(SELECT * FROM people",$link); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_NUM)) { foreach($row as $val) { echo'<p>$val</p>'; } } ?> [/quote] parse errors came up.....i dont really know the script so its hard for me to try to correct.... [!--quoteo(post=359890:date=Mar 29 2006, 11:00 PM:name=sambib)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(sambib @ Mar 29 2006, 11:00 PM) [snapback]359890[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] [code]<?php { //attempt to connect to the database server //if the attempt was successful if (@mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'pass))) { //attempt to select the mycms databse //if the attempt was successful if (@mysql_select_db("test")) { //return true return TRUE; //Or if the selection was unsuccessful } else { //display error message echo "<p>Unable to select the database .</p>"; //Return False return FALSE; } } else { //Display the error message echo "<p>Unable to connect to the database server</p>"; //return false return FALSE; } } $query = "SELECT * FROM people"; //put some other criteria in to refine your query $result = mysql_query ($query); // check to see how many rows we have. if we have 0 rows then nothing has returned if(mysql_num_rows($result) < 1) { echo('<p>the is no data in the table!</p>'); } else { //run through the results of the query and put the result into an array called $row while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { ?>//stop the while loop and display the records <p>here are the details of the field name<?= $row['fieldName'] ?></p> <!--change field name and fieldName for the correct names of the table fields. --> <?php } //end the while loop ?> [/code] that should get you started [/quote] wow....umm this came up Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /var/www/html/PHP/data.php on line 42 [!--quoteo(post=359887:date=Mar 29 2006, 10:49 PM:name=toplay)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(toplay @ Mar 29 2006, 10:49 PM) [snapback]359887[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Please be more specific of what you need help with as it relates to databases. For basic connect, select, and fetch see tutorials and code example at the FAQ page link bellow. Look for my post there related to MySQL data retrieval. [a href=\"http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31047\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31047[/a] [/quote] Thanks i found the stuff...but how do i set up a query..(im new to databases and php)