d.jordan

A shot in the dark. Sorry I can't test this; I don't have a named instance. Try escaping the backslash: "server\\instance" Please let us know how it turns out so some of us can hang on to the remaining few hairs we have.

If all I needed to know is how many votes a story received I would update one field with +1. If I had the need to distinguish one vote from another (like source IP, user name, date/time, etc.), I would have no choice but to record them in a separate …

I'm assuming you have a wireless router like a Linksys or D-Link, in which case the firewall is probably blocking incoming requests. You must configure your "router" to forward requests on port 80 (http) to the address of your laptop. You should set your laptop to have a static IP …

Laurie; Hope I got this right... I just did search and replace using Textpad. Didn't check it properly. Please post a reply if it's still messed up. [CODE=php]<?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" …

Because the first record inspected in the loop is not the one you're expecting, so it goes to the else. To verify, delete all users but one (need I mention to take a backup first) and test again. This is most definately not the best way to accomplish what you're …