diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-name.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-name.xml
index 7ed2d63a8f..eed622ce70 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-name.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-name.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-field-name">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
  *   username
  *   password.
  */
-$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
-if (!$db_selected) {
-    die('Could not set $dbname: ' . mysql_error());
+$link = @mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
+if (!$link) {
+    die('Could not connect to MySQL server: ' . mysql_error());
 }
 $dbname = 'mydb';
 $db_selected = mysql_select_db($dbname, $link);