Database connects but no tables are shown

Hello

I have connected to the database on my remote server in dreamweaver 8 and it says its connected successfully, but when I open the tree or try to make a recordset no tables are show and when I try it in advanced this error appears:

"Error calling GetTables:

MySQL Error#: 1064

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that

correponds to you MySQL server version for the right syntax to use

near '-maillist' at line1"

maillist being my database name

I'm not very good at dynamics yet so don't really understand the SQL syntax

This is what dreamweaver connection made me:

<?php

# FileName="Connection_php_mysql.htm"

# Type="MYSQL"

# HTTP="true"

$hostname_blog = "localhost";

$database_blog = "servername"

$username_blog ="servername"

$password_blog ="password"

$blog = mysql_pconnect ($hostname_blog, $username_blog, $password_blog or trigger_error (mysql_error (), E_USER_ERROR);

?>

Don't know if any of this makes sence to you.

Please Help!