Question

I am trying to connect to a mysql database within a php script. So far, my code looks like

//to my knowledge, this works. I was able to echo out the correct name
$name = $_POST["name"];


$server_name = "localhost"; 
$user_name = //my user name
$password = //my password
$db_name = //the db name

//it passes this error check, so I am connecting properly I am assuming 
$dbconn = mysql_connect($server_name, $user_name, $password) 
    or die ('Could not connect to database: ' . mysql_error());

mysql_select_db($db_name, $dbconn);

$query = "SELECT * 
          FROM brothers 
          WHERE name = '$name'";

//it DOES NOT make it past this one
$result = mysql_query($query)
    or die('Bad Query: ' . mysql_error());

//filter through the query as a row
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);

//echo the result back to the user
echo $row["name"];
echo $row["major"];


//close the connection 
mysql_close($dbconn);

I keep getting the error “No Database Selected”, even though I am sure that I spelled the database name correctly (I copy pasted). Does anyone know why my code might be throwing this error?

Answer 1

Could be a permissions issue(the user which logon maybe don’t have read rights on the database) :

mysql_select_db() fails unless the connected user can be authenticated
as having permission to use the database.