Hi there...

   Here is the problem... using the dll extention for MS SQL Server 7 and using the code below:
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unction MySql_DB_Select($server, $user, $pass, $db, $sql,$before ,$layout, $after)
{

 //open a connection
 $connection = mysql_connect($server, $user, $pass);

 //built the query
 //$query = "select linkname, link from links";

 //run the query and get the results
 $result = mysql_db_query($db, $sql, $connection);
 $buffer = "";

while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result))
     {
      $fieldcount = mysql_num_fields($result);

      for ($i=0; $i<$fieldcount; $i++)
      {
       $fieldnames[$i] = mysql_fieldname($result, $i);
      }
      //replace the layout with values
      $tmp = $layout;
      foreach($fieldnames as $fieldname)
       {
        //print "$fieldname - $myrow[$fieldname]<br>";
        $tmp = str_replace("<!--<<" . $fieldname . ">>-->", $myrow[$fieldname], $tmp);
       }
      $buffer = $buffer . $tmp;
     }
return "-->" . $before .  $buffer . $after . "<!--";

mysql_free_result($result);
}
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PHP.exe crashes with the following error:
---------------Error---------------
Window Title: OleMainThreadWndName: php.exe
Window Message: The instruction at "0x7800d60" refrence memory at "0x0000004". The memory could not be written.
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The crash happend when I pass the following value to the var $sql
Example:
$sql = "select * from customer"
Now... if I pass this value
Exmaple:
$sql = "select name from customer"
It works with no problem...