[Resolved] How many 'die' messages should I have?

[bunner_bob]

In my database connection sequence, I have the following lines:

$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password") or die ($db_die_msg);
mysql_select_db($database_local);
if (!$db) {
    echo "Unable to connect to database! Please <a href=\"mailto:[e-mail]\">notify system administrator</a> of this incident.";
    exit;
}

(the $db_die_msg is defined elsewhere)

Seems like the second die message ("if (!$db)...") is unnecessary, since the "or die" in the connection string will catch any problems first. True, or should I have both for some reason?

Thanks,
Bob

[planetsim]

Basically that second one is useless. It will never be triggered.

[bunner_bob]

Cool - thanks.