Originally posted by phpman
try this
PHP Code:
<? 
       mysql_connect("localhost","username","password") 
            or die("Unable to connect to SQL server"); 
        mysql_select_db("jokes") 
            or die("Unable to select database");
$query = "SELECT * FROM jokes";

$joke = mysql_query($query);
if (!$joke){echo mysql_error();}
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($joke)){
        echo $row['joke_id'];
        echo $row['joke_name'];
        echo $row['joke_message'];
        echo $row['joke_date'];
        echo"<br />"\n";

?>