> I'm trying to get MySQL to work with php, however I'm running php on a
WinNT
> box and I was wondering if I needed to install MySQL in a specific
location
> on the hard drive? The reason I as is that when I try to connect to a
> database I create in MySQL in php it doesn't find any database. I'm
totally
> lost on this and don't have a clue as what to do. Any help will be
greatly
> appreciated.
If you pick a directory other than the default, I think you need to create a
file called my.cnf in the root of C: indicating where mysql is. Mine looks
like this:
[mysqld]
basedir = e:/mysql/
I needed to do this before mysqld would even start.
- Darryl
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Darryl Friesen, B.Sc., Programmer/Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Education & Research Technology Services, http://gollum.usask.ca/
Department of Computing Services,
University of Saskatchewan
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