Thanks
Somehow I just skipped over that configuration option

extension=mysql.o

did the trick.
Thanks again!
johnh...
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Todd Vierling wrote:

> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:35:28 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>

> To: John Hayward <John.C.Hayward@wheaton.edu>
> Cc: current-users@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Package apache php3 mysql
> 
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, John Hayward wrote:
> 
> :    I've built and installed packages apache ap-php3 and php3-mysql (along
> : with mysql) on a 1.5ALPHA2 system.  I can get a php3 page to work when it
> : does not attempt to connect to a mysql database.  I see the mysql.so in
> : /usr/pkg/lib/php3 and the php3.ini file has that for the extension_dir.  
> : The php_info() show that as the extension_dir as well.
> 
> You need to also add:
> 
> extensions=mysql.so
> 
> to preload the extension, or else add:
> 
> dl_load('mysql.so')
> 
> to the top of the script.  My memory is a little faded, but that may be
> "extension" (without the plural) in the first one.
> 
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