colin,
Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 11:04:31 PM, you wrote:
co> When i try to access the database which is on my Linux
co> machine i get the following error:
co> ERROR 2002; Can't connect to local MySQL server
co> through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111)
co> There is nothing in this file, although i dont know
co> how to edit it.
co> I have gone through the Manual pages and the lists,
co> all the searches for this type of ERROR, but to no
co> avail.
Is your MySQL server running?
Check your privileges on the socket file and on the dir that contains socket file.
You can find the description of this error at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/a/Can_not_connect_to_server.html
co> I have used the database before and have tables in
co> there but for some reason i cannot get in.
co> I don't want to reinstall it as i have tables that i
co> need, I am really stuck so any help will be very much
co> appreciated,
co> Thanks
co> Colin
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