Thanks to all who responded. It seems that my problem was two fold. 1) I needed the my.cnf file in the root on C:/ for one. 2) I had install it the first time to my D drive. When I couldn't get it to work I uninstalled and reinstalled it to the C: drive. For some reason, the "services" command to start mysql retained the d: drive location so when attempting to start it. It was looking on the wrong drive.
Again, Thanks for the assistance from all. Now, if someone can tell me why I can't connect from my basic perl script (straight out of "Teach Yourself MySQL") .... I would be truly in your debt. David Gerler Gerler Enterprises PO Box 16357 Chesapeake VA 23328 (757) 410-0738 http://www.GerlerEnterprises.com/ Nationwide Dial-up from $12.45 /mo. http://www.EasySitesForLess.com/ -----Original Message----- From: oceanare pte ltd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 1:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mysql server won't keep running Hi, have you copied a "my.ini" with the configuration information in it into to your Windows system directory? There is a sample ini file with MySQL. Rename it and use it for the start. Erich ---------- From: David Gerler Sent: Montag, 30. September 2002 09:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mysql server won't keep running Hi, I am attempting to use mysql 3.23.52 on win2000pro. I have installed it and I believe everything went okay for that. At least I did get any errors. When I open services, mysql is set for automatic but it is not started. When I try to start it, I get an error 1067: the process terminated unexpectedly. I have tried the command line also. I CD to mysql\bin and run mysqld. I don't get any errors. Then I run mysql and get and error 2003: can't connect to mysql server on localhost (10061). Can anyone shed some light on my problem? David Gerler Gerler Enterprises PO Box 16357 Chesapeake VA 23328 (757) 410-0738 http://www.GerlerEnterprises.com/ Nationwide Dial-up from $12.45 /mo. http://www.EasySitesForLess.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check "http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_toc.html"; before posting. To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a message to the address shown in the List-Unsubscribe header of this message. If you cannot see it, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check "http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_toc.html"; before posting. To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a message to the address shown in the List-Unsubscribe header of this message. If you cannot see it, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
