Hi, Stephen Pearce wrote:
returns a result suggesting mysql is supported ..under the dbx subheading of the return .. but if I run the "mysql_connect" command the web page shows a error saying that this function (mysql_connect()) is not supported .. I cannot work out why not.
The dbx module is an abstraction layer from the normal database calls (ie, mysql_connect, mysql_query, pg_connect etc.). This means that dbx supports MySQL, not that PHP supports MySQL. If you tried to use dbx in this case with MySQL you'd probably get a similar error. I can't help you much more as I'm unfamiliar with how RH9 packages PHP and it's modules. I'd say you have to install some php-mysql.something.rpm and/or enable it in php.ini. Cheers Philip Murray Systems Engineer - Open2view.com webmaster(a)open2view.com