If you are using Windows 2000, do the following to set the path. If you have Windows NT, the steps are similar, but slightly different after the "System icon" part (I can't remember exactly).
START -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System icon -> Advanced tab -> Environment Variables button Then, in the System Variables section, double-click on the "Path" entry. A little dialog should appear so you can edit the Path entry. In the Variable Value field, add the following (the semicolon separate each individual path, so you need it): ;c:\mysql\bin Now click on the OK button in each of those dialogs to save the info. Now you shouldn't have a problem the next time you open a command prompt window and type in 'mysql' to run the mysql client application. Bob Loeffler :) -----Original Message----- From: Betta Jazzy Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 12:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new install - command prompt doesn't work ok...i set the path properly... in the command line, i did this: C:\>C:\mysql\bin;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\COMMAND then, i am able to just type in "mysql" and it will begin... BUT...after i close the command prompt, once i reopen it, and type in "mysql", it goes and says that "mysql" is not a command or recognizable... is there something that i'm still missing? Paul DuBois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 6:48 -0800 12/13/03, Betta Jazzy Brown wrote: >i have done that > >C:\>mysql > >but it will say > >'mysql' is not recognized as an internal or external command, >operable program or batch file > >there must be something else i'm missing... This is not a MySQL issue. It's a PATH issue. Either set your PATH to include the directory where the MySQL programs are located (likely C:\mysql\bin, though that depends on your installation), or invoke mysql from within that directory, or invoke mysql using its full pathname. Setting your PATH is the best option, because then you can invoke MySQL programs from within any directory and the command interpreter will find them. > > > >Paul DuBois wrote: > >At 18:21 -0800 12/12/03, Betta Jazzy Brown wrote: >>I have installed MySql on my PC and I was trying to run the program >>by going to the command prompt typing: >> >>C:\>net start mysql >> >>it says >> >>The MySql service has started successfully. >> >>the problem is that the command prompt doesn't read >>mysql> >> >>but still reads >>C:\> >> >>What is the problem here and how can I correct it... > >There is no problem. The server has started successfully. > >But you need to *connect* to the server using a client program. >Try running mysql from the C prompt, for example: > >C:\> mysql > >> >>i have installed MySql Database Server & Standard Clients (4.0) >> >>and MySql Control Center >> >>and I'm using Win2K OS... >> >>-- >> >>As well...what specifically can I use MySql for? I have a website >>that I'm trying to learn a lot of things through to make my resume >>more beefy and to make myself more marketable...What do you all >>suggest? >> >>Thanks, > >b-jazzy -- Paul DuBois, Senior Technical Writer Madison, Wisconsin, USA MySQL AB, www.mysql.com Are you MySQL certified? http://www.mysql.com/certification/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
