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hi,

i'm trying to add a civicrm module so that i can monitor civicrm_post hooks and run some php code accordingly (using Drupal 5.7 and CiviCRM 1.9.13019)

i followed these instructions:
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRM/Creating+CiviCRM+Modules
and the basic drupal module is working fine.

i've then tried to access the civicrm api in the manner outlined here:
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Using+CiviCRM+APIs+-+Code+Snippets

....but i'm getting an error message:

unrecoverable error
 Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred.

and the error details are an array which contains several fields, including:
    message => DB Error: no database selected
&
    code => -14


Here's the code for my test module:
<?php
/**
 * pxp.module - module for the pxp project
 */

require_once("C:/wamp/www/drupal-5.7/sites/default/civicrm.settings.php");
global $civicrm_root;

require_once($civicrm_root.'/CRM/Core/Config.php');
require_once($civicrm_root.'/api/crm.php');

$config =& CRM_Core_Config::singleton( );

the code is explicit about the path in require_once(...) since, for some strange reason, when using a relative path the civicrm.settings.php file is not found 

..and the code for the corresponding pxp.info
name = PxP
description = PxP test module
version = 0.1
dependencies = civicrm
package = CiviCRM

i may well be doing something daft since i'm new to CiviCRM and Drupal.

thanks,
  dougall

thanks, that's just what i needed to know, the fog has cleared ...
i see i was inappropriately trying to use the code given for standalone scripts in a module.
dougall