Thank you very much for your help. I got it fixed with the command
'safe_mysqld--old-protocol &' Thank YOU!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Nico D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:44 AM
To: Simon Green
Cc: Ouyang, Sunny; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: emergency help
thats because your server isn't running. mysql is the client
(AFAIK). But if your running redhat, you can
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start
and it should work
-nico
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ouyang, Sunny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 04 June 2001 15:10
> To: 'Simon Green'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: emergency help
>
>
> no. Not at all. I logged into Linux server, type mysql. the server gave
> the message says : "error 2002: can't connect to local MYSQL server
through
> socket '/tmp/mysql.sock". Anyone has idea what's wrong with it?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:52 AM
> To: Ouyang, Sunny; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: emergency help
>
>
> Is mysqld runing?
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ouyang, Sunny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 04 June 2001 14:56
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: emergency help
>
>
> Hi,
> I am seeking emergency help to start up mysql database server. I tried to
> use myodbc to connect mysql database from windows. I added a user on
mysql
> database user table and db table. Last Saturday when I rebooted Red Hat
> Linux, mysql database server didn't come back any more. I don't know
> whether what I did causes this problem. Now I can not connect to mysql
when
> I use mysql command. Please help me! All of our users rely on this
> database. I would appreciate it if someone could give me help. Thank
> you!!!
>
> Sunny Ouyang
> Orion System, Inc
> 525 Avis Dr.
> Ann Arbor, MI 48108
> (734)214-2967
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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