Access Forbidden when customizing new page

[dgsignal]

I have defined a new page and am adding in php scripts. When I attempt to retrieve data from the database, the page is blank. When I try to preview in Dreamweaver, I get the following error.

Access forbidden!
You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 403

Same code works fine in a test file I create in /catalog/testfile.php which leads to me believe that maybe I need to change permissions somewhere so that my define page can access the database?

Thanks,

D

[dgsignal]

Perhaps I need to call a function that accesses the database?