Gosh, thanks so much for your help so far.
> > How do I do this using PHP?
> > the mysql() function only allows one database name to be entered correct?
>
> That database name is just the default name. If you specify the table using
> dbname.tablename, then the default database name is not used.
but how do I specify both databases and or tables with that function (or is
there another function I should be using to do my queries)
> > This may be pushing things, but can I join across databases on different
> > servers?
>
> Nope.
Think this will ever be implemented?