topics covered, - mysql connections - error handling - listing databases on a server - listing tables in a database - printing mysql table fields into table header - printing the data into the table automatically why should you look at it? - no specific fields mentioned, just point the script at a server, db and table and watch it do its thing! - you get to reuse the code easily - no functions, includes, api's or anything - all 100% php + mysql code for beginners - runs on php4 or php5, with any mysql version by tss503