Start the deamon First
shell>mysqld-XXXXXXX
To find out what XXXXX means go to the bin directory below and find out . d
stands for daemon
then key
shell>mysql
Cheers
Donald
----- Original Message -----
From: "soon chee keong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 7:09 PM
Subject: cant connect to local mysql server
> hi......could someone pls help me
>
> i had created mysql server before in my pc but this morning i discovered
> that i cant access my mysql server.....this is what i typed:
>
> shell> mysql
>
> this is what i got:
>
> ERROR 2002:Can't connect to local MySQL Server through socket
> '/tmp/mysql.sock'(111)
>
> what is it trying to say???
> by the way, i wasn't logged on to the internet at that moment. Is that the
> reason why it fails to connect????
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