Hi Geert! To get the available databases for an user from MySQL you may use the "SHOW GRANTS" statement. But: 1) it's available since 3.23 only (implementation before this release is buggy) 2) this statement seems not to return the dbs avilable to the "anonymous" user while each user may use these dbs. Loïc ______________________________________________________________________________ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif