$dbhost = 'rdbms.strato.de';
$dbusername = 'Userxxx';
$dbuserpass = 'Passwordxxx';
$dbname = 'DBxxx';

$link_id = mysql_connect ($dbhost, $dbusername, $dbuserpass);
echo "success in database connection.";

if (!mysql_select_db($dbname)) die(mysql_error());
echo "success in database selection.";

$result = "CREATE TABLE address_book (first_name VARCHAR(25), last_name VARCHAR(25), phone_number VARCHAR(15))";

if (mysql_query($result)){
 echo "TABLE created.";
}

else {
 echo "Error in CREATE TABLE.";
}

success in database connection.Access denied for user XXX to database XXX