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$user="root";
$passwd="";

$link = mysql_connect("localhost", $user, $passwd)
    or die("Could not connect : " . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("ford") or die("Could not select database");
$query =("select * from `article` limit 12");// работает в php
//("SELECT  SUBSTRING(`text`,1, 300 ) AS first_300 FROM `article`");//не работает а php , но работает в sql
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed : " . mysql_error());

while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)){
	echo $line['text']."<br>";
}

МАНУАЛ

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187748.aspx