Ok I tried both of your suggestions but no dice. I actuall failed to mention
that once I got into the bin i tired to start the service by typing
mysld--standalone, but it returned an error stating:
mysqld--standalone is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file...
so I physically went to the bin and looked at files where there, I saw
mysql.exe to I tired to start mysql server that way but i got another error
stating "Can't connect to MySQL server on'localhost' <10061>
Basically I know my problem lies in starting the service, because i tried
pinging localhost 3306 and it timed out, So do you have any other
suggestions?
ohh btw I just picked up a book PHP fast and easy web development by Julie C
Melonie, and with it came a CD-Rom with mysql-shareware-3_22_34-win.exe, I
checked the site and saw that they had newer versions of MySQL out, so maybe
that is my problem.... thanks for your help already anymore will be greatly
appreciated
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Tefft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 10:25 PM
To: Rhasaun Campbell
Subject: RE: Newbie win 2000 install question
Well, just typing cd c:\mysql\bin does not do anything. You are just going
to the mysql bin directory. To start mysql try doing mysqld &. Better yet,
run winmysqladmin and start it from there.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rhasaun Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 9:48 PM
To: mysql list
Subject: Newbie win 2000 install question
Ok so here's the deal, I'm trying to check if mysql is working on my machine
so I open up the dos command prompt, type cd c:\mysql\bin and everything's
fine
then it try to create a test database by typing mysqladmin create testDB,
it try's to connect but it gives me an error message
"Can't connect to mySQL server on 'localhost' <10061>'
then it says check that mysqld is running on localhost and that the port is
3306
I tried to telnet to 3306 and of course iut's not running, so here's my
question How do I get the mySQL server to start running on my machine.....
ohh btw I'm on a w2k workstation. I know it's something that's probably
simple, which I'm overlooking, but I could use some help figuring it out.
The install went fine, I just need some help with starting mysql...please
tia
Rhasaun Campbell
Web Consultant
Urban Graphics
110 Camden St.
Roselle Pk, NJ 07204
c. 908.531.9418
t.908.245.1161
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