Navaldesign, a big THANK YOU to you!! We are getting closer. I used your code snippet and got the following error message:

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'tuwipwa'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in /home/tuwipwa/public_html/test8.php on line 14
Could not connect to the Database Server. Please check user details. Error = Access denied for user 'tuwipwa'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

As you suggested, I checked andI do have the user added to the database. So what else could possibly prevent denial of access ?