I installed the current stable release of MySQL from RPMs. I used the client and server packages.
After installing the server package, the RPM printed a note saying I should run two commands. I only got the first one, which was # ./mysqladmin -u root --password I assume this gave the root user a password. I then downloaded and proceeded to compile the Perl DBI and DBD:mysql packages. The DBI package installed fine after I also installed the "MySQL-devel" RPM. However, the DBD compile/install failed when I ran 'make test'. The output looked like this: ============= Mysql connect('database=test;host=','',...) failed: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO) at t/mysql.t line 55 not ok 1: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO) It looks as if your server is not up and running. This test requires a running server. Please make sure your server is running and retry. t/mysql.............FAILED tests 1-68 Failed 68/68 tests, 0.00% okay Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- t/10dsnlist.t 10 2560 9 9 100.00% 1-9 t/20createdrop.t 10 2560 5 5 100.00% 1-5 t/30insertfetch.t 10 2560 11 11 100.00% 1-11 t/40bindparam.t 10 2560 28 28 100.00% 1-28 t/40blobs.t 10 2560 11 11 100.00% 1-11 t/40listfields.t 10 2560 16 16 100.00% 1-16 t/40nulls.t 10 2560 11 11 100.00% 1-11 t/40numrows.t 10 2560 25 25 100.00% 1-25 t/50chopblanks.t 10 2560 35 35 100.00% 1-35 t/50commit.t 255 65280 30 30 100.00% 1-30 t/ak-dbd.t 255 65280 90 88 97.78% 1, 4-90 t/akmisc.t 10 2560 351 351 100.00% 1-351 t/dbdadmin.t 10 2560 21 21 100.00% 1-21 t/insertid.t 255 65280 12 12 100.00% 1-12 t/mysql.t 68 68 100.00% 1-68 t/mysql2.t 255 65280 ?? ?? % ?? 1 test skipped. Failed 16/18 test scripts, 11.11% okay. 721/728 subtests failed, 0.96% okay. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 29 ================================================== I also noticed that whenever I do anything with the mysqladmin program, I always have to give the '-p' option and then enter my password for anything to work. So, what do I need to do to get 'make test' to work? Do I need to remove the password somehow, or give some extra options with make? (I'm a complete newbie to MySQL and DB administration) Thanks in advance. Regards, Jeremy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeremy Booker - Owner / Webmaster JTech Web Systems www.JTechWebSystems.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Mathew 5:34 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]