Connection error

[webdevdea]

I am in the process of learning.. 

I am working on some code from my book trying to get my database connected and I must have something mixed up somewhere 

 

THIS IS THE CODE I AM REPLACING IT WITH( i have used anonymous usernames and passwords and such)

$connect = mysql_connect("localhost","user","password") or die ("Could not connect.");
mysql_select_db("databasename") or die ("Could not find database");
$dbname='databasename';
?>

code from book

$connect = mysql_connect("mapswidgetsusers.db.3618229.hostedresource.com","mapswidgetsusers","MtM2008yG5") or die ("Could not connect.");
mysql_select_db("mapswidgetsusers") or die ("Could not find database");
$dbname='mapwidgetsusers';
?>

[Ch0cu3r]

So what is the question/problem?

[webdevdea]

I cannot get it to connect.. something in my code is wrong I do not know if I am putting the database where the username should be or something like that .. I tried it a few different ways and cannot get it to connect