Hi all, Evidently there must have been a problem with the mysql server. I connect ok now with no client authorization problem. Hopefully this means that the user doesn't require a mysql client software. So, ignore my post. Arnold On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 7:05 AM, Arnold Bailey <arnoldbail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is a newbie mysql question. I created, on the server, a database , > table and elements with the myphpadmin program which runs on the server. > When I try to connect to the database with my php page, I get a client-side > not at the proper level error. I understand, I think, why I have to install > a different level of mysql on my pc. The question is that I don't want the > page user to be required to have mysql client. I want to use the database, > with php, to be used for lookup when I'm creating the page. What would I > have to do to make this occur? > > Arnold >