Bill,
Friday, August 02, 2002, 7:27:49 AM, you wrote:

BL> Newbie alert here...! Making my first attempt at changing a variable...

BL> I am trying to add this line:

BL> set-variable    = safe_show_database=ON

BL> To the my.cnf file... But when I do that and then attempt to restart MySQL,
BL> it doesn't... Give the can't connect to the mysql.sock error.

BL> This is on RedHat 7.3, MySQL 3.23.51. I am using the /etc/my.cnf if that
BL> matters.

BL> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated... !

safe-show-database is not a variable, it's an option of mysqld.
you should start mysqld with --safe-show-database or put
"safe-show-database" entry in the [mysqld] section of my.cnf




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