Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days, Second Edition

mysql_select_db(database_name[,link_identifier])

Description: Selects a MySQL database.

mysql_select_db() sets database_name as the current active database to associate with link_identifier. If link_identifier is not given, it assumes the last opened MySQL connection.

Returns TRUE on success, or FALSE otherwise.

Example:

if (mysql_select_db ("products_db")) {
    echo "Connected to products!<BR>\n";
}