diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-affected-rows.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-affected-rows.xml
index 2a413d6e0f..1f8e510e86 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-affected-rows.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-affected-rows.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-affected-rows">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
     /* connect to database */
     mysql_pconnect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
         die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
-
+    mysql_select_db("mydb");
+        
     /* this should return the correct numbers of deleted records */
     mysql_query("DELETE FROM mytable WHERE id < 10");
     printf ("Records deleted: %d\n", mysql_affected_rows());
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ Records deleted: 0
     /* connect to database */
     mysql_pconnect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
         die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
+    mysql_select_db("mydb");
 
     /* Update records */
     mysql_query("UPDATE mytable SET used=1 WHERE id < 10");
diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-fetch-object.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-fetch-object.xml
index 0dd69bda21..8f1be2b70a 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-fetch-object.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-fetch-object.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-fetch-object">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ echo $row->0;
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 mysql_connect("hostname", "user", "password");
-mysql_select_db($db);
-$result = mysql_query("select * from table");
+mysql_select_db("mydb");
+$result = mysql_query("select * from mytable");
 while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
     echo $row->user_id;
     echo $row->fullname;
diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-name.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-name.xml
index 58e0187e2b..437d88a18f 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: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-field-name">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
  *   password.
  */
 $link = mysql_connect('localhost', "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
+$dbname = "mydb";
 mysql_select_db($dbname, $link)
     or die("Could not set $dbname: " . mysql_error());
 $res = mysql_query("select * from users", $link);
diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-real-escape-string.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-real-escape-string.xml
index 3061e9204b..956361f106 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-real-escape-string.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-real-escape-string.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.100 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-real-escape-string">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
 $item = "Zak's and Derick's Laptop";
 $escaped_item = mysql_real_escape_string($item);
 printf ("Escaped string: %s\n", $escaped_item);