From: Micheal Mc Evoy Date: April 5 1999 4:16am Subject: Re: php mysql question/help List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/1409 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII You need to access MySQL via the MySQL client, not by telnet. the client, if installed, can be started by entering: mysql -p unless you don't have access rights, then someone nees to give them to you. Best advise is read the user manual, which can be found at: http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_toc.html Micheal --- Micheal Mc Evoy mjmc@stripped http://www.whitepine.com WhitePine Consulting supports the Free Software Foundation and it ideals by promoting, using and supporting Open Source, GNU and GPL'd Software.