Sinisa Milivojevic wrote: >A.J. Bonnema writes: > >>Hi, >> >>I just download MySQL and MySQLGui. I got MySQL running and loaded with >>some data, but MySQLGui refuses to work with the error I quoted in the >>subject. >> >>The versionnumbers are: MySQL: 3.23.41-1, MySQLGui: 1.7.5 >> >>Other programs, like mysql commandline find the socket no problem. What >>can I do to let MySQL find the correct socket? >> >>Thanks, Guus Bonnema. >> Hi Sinisa,
This did it! Obviously I should have read the Readme. Thanks for the hint how to find the socket file. I had no idea such a file existed. Entering this file into the options dialog at "SQL command on the start-up" did the trick! Thanks. Guus Bonnema. > >All you have to do is follow instructions from README. This is a >relevant excerpt: > > >When you start mysqlgui for the first time, you'll need to tell it how to >connect to the MySQL server. To do this, click on the ``Options'' button. >Select the ``Server'' tab and fill in the fields that indicate where to >find the server. On Unix, if you have problems with mysqlgui not knowing >the location of the socket file for connections to localhost, enter the >full pathname of the socket file in the ``SQL command on the start-up'' >field. On Windows, this field is used if you wish to specify the named pipe >option. Then select the ``Client'' tab and fill in your MySQL user name. >Take care to select the right value for the ``Ask for password'' button, >depending on whether or not you want mysqlgui to prompt you for your >MySQL password. After you have filled in the server and client values, >click on the ``Save'' button. From then on, each time mysqlgui starts up, >it will connect to the MySQL server automatically. > >If you have problems locating your socket file on Unix, you can use find >utility, like this: > >find / -name `mysql\.sock' -print > >On Windows you can use Find utility from the menu to locate named pipe file. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
