ThreeTrees Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Im trying to connect to an SQL server but without any luck. it keeps giving me this error Warning: mssql_connect() [function.mssql-connect]: Unable to connect to server: MORS-010A604462\SQLEXPRESS in C:\wapache\htdocs\db.inc.php on line 7 Couldn't connect to SQL Server on MORS-010A604462\SQLEXPRESS in php.net it says The servername argument has to be a valid servername that is defined in the 'interfaces' file. Whats the interfaces file and how do I define the server? thats the code to the connection by the way <?php $myServer = "MORS-010A604462\SQLEXPRESS"; $myUser = "sa"; $myPass = "****"; $myDB = "mmt"; $dbhandle = mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass ) or die("Couldn't connect to SQL Server on $myServer"); $selected = mssql_select_db($myDB, $dbhandle) or die("Couldn't open database $myDB"); mssql_close($dbhandle); ?> [code]<?php $myServer = "localhost"; $myUser = "sa"; $myPass = "mypassword"; $myDB = "mmt"; $dbhandle = mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass ) or die("Couldn't connect to SQL Server on $myServer"); $selected = mssql_select_db($myDB, $dbhandle) or die("Couldn't open database $myDB"); mssql_close($dbhandle); ?> Thanks in advance[/code] Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/118301-interface-file/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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