L-O-bloody-L,

A simple oversight ... with such dire consequences (4:15am in London, UK)

SO. I upgraded from PHP5.1.5 (C:\php515) to 5.1.6, which I installed in C:\php because it's supposed to make future upgrades easiler (just erase the contents of C:\php and dump later versions of PHP into the same directory). I kept the old php.ini but FORGOT change the path for extension_dir from C:\php515 to C:\php ...

It makes sense now - PHP couldn't load its MySQL extension.

Human Error 101!

Anyway, thanks for your support Tina! Good luck with your template kombat - I don't know enough Kung Fu to help you in any practical way ... but I'm here if you feel like having a rant!

God ... I hope the template thing doesn't defeat me!

Cheers,

Nao