Re: apache and php working

success. i have mysql working now. i foud out what the problem was. i had dld an earlier version of mysql from swamp and it put swamp as the main directory rather than the root (c:\) so since altering the file paths mysql now works fine. so all 3 r good to go. thanx for all your help. now my problems will be query based (lol) cheers "Danny Cobbinah" <danny@dcobbinah.co.uk> wrote in message news:20040222194424.7110.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > i finally have apache and php working but mysql refuses to work. i have dld > mysql 4.0 and installed it. but there is an error when i try to start it. > need some help with this please