I guess I forgot to mention that MySQL was running at the time. I could use mysqladmin (as long as I used the '-p' option and entered that root password i setup), and I could also run SELECT statements from the command line.
-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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Gainty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeremy Booker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 1:31 AM Subject: Re: passwords & DBI/DBD > when you connect you connect to a running daemon > > try running > mysqld beforehand > > -Martin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Booker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 7:12 PM > Subject: passwords & DBI/DBD > > > > 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] > > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]