Thanks!
On Oct 20, 4:37 pm, "Karen Tracey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:23 AM, pantagruel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > I can connect via the mysql console to the database, my service is
> > running. however when I try to do syncdb from Django I get:
>
> > _mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (2003,"Can't connect to MySQL
> > server on 'localhost' (10061)")
>
> > My current test Django settings.py says:
>
> > DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'
> > DATABASE_NAME = 'dbname'
> > DATABASE_USER = 'root' .
> > DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'thepassword'
> > DATABASE_HOST = ''
> > DATABASE_PORT = ''
>
> > (have not edited any of the rest because it should not be relevant as
> > I understand it - although time zone is wrong)
>
> > when I use the mysql console I do
>
> > mysql -u root -p
> > pass: thepassword
>
> > then
> > connect dbname
>
> > then status which tells me:
> > (some things left out as they seemed especially non-essential)
>
> > Current Database: dbname
> > Current User: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Server Version: 5.0.67-community-nt MySQL Community Edition (GPL)
> > Protocol Version: 10
> > Connection: Named pipe: mysql
>
> mysql connected via a named pipe, not a TCP/IP connection. For Django you
> need to use TCP/IP. Run through the config wizard and where there's a
> checkbox for "Enable TCP/IP" you want to check it.
>
> Karen
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