Re: Problem installing MySQL

Ok. i think im flattered. But what would my husband say? BTW thanks a mill. You just announced to the hole mailing list that I'm a woman. And to all of those of you that (apparently 30 or so) decided to send Kevin here a few choice words. Thanks guys :) Linda Pedersen aka kill-9 www.kill-9.dk for all your php and mysql needs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Ferron" <kevin@vcconcepts.com> To: <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 5:07 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Problem installing MySQL > kill-9 have i ever told you how sexy i think a woman php programmer is? > > phool > ""kill-9"" <kill-9@kill-9.dk> wrote in message > news:002401c052c1$17747dd0$064af2d4@kill9... > > 1. read the manual > > 2. start the mysql demon. > > go into your mysql\bin dir and type > > mysqld > > 3. connect to mysql as follows > > mysql -u root > > > > you should see a command prompt that looks like this > > mysql> > > > > for future reference to test that mysql is running from the mysql\bin dir > > type > > mysqladmin ping > > > > it will let you know if mysql is alive. > > > > kill-9 > > www.kill-9.dk > > for all your php and mysql needs > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Liane Decamp" <yaho@worldnet.att.net> > > To: <php-windows@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 5:50 AM > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Problem installing MySQL > > > > > > > Hi there! > > > > > > Just got the PHP version 4.0 and am quite new in the field. > > > > > > In order to do the MySQL install, I opened the software directory > directly > > > without using Windows Explorer. > > > > > > Everything went fine, until I tried to create the test database in DOS. > > > Instead, it immediately prompts the Connection window. When I cancel, > the > > > following message appear: > > > "Connect to server 'localhost' failed.... error: can't connect to MySQL > > > server on 'localhost' (10061)". > > > When I telnet it states that the connection failed. > > > > > > I am working on Windows 95. > > > > > > What to do? Should I uninstall? How? I worry it messes up the machine... > > > > > > THX!! > > > > > > Liane > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >