Elementary MySql question

[Anon]

In trying to connect to my server database, I was told to use the following syntax:

$cn = mysql_connect(www.yourdomain.com, username, password);

I supplied all of those parameters correctly and got this error message:

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Access denied for user: '[e-mail]' (Using password: YES) in /usr/local/plesk/apache/vhosts/blahblah.com/docs/connect.php3 on line 6
Couldn't connect.

I was then told to substitute the name of the database (xxx) in place of the domain name.

I did so and then received this error message:

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Unknown MySQL Server Host 'xxx' (2) in /usr/local/plesk/apache/vhosts/xxx.com/docs/connect.php3 on line 8
Couldn't connect.

Anybody know what is going on here?

[ktossell]

that field SHOULD be the hostname, not db name. this simply means that the password that is set on the server is different from what you are trying to connect with. reset the passwd on the server. remember that what is on the server should be encrypted.