Scott D. Spiegler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am using the binary distribution of mySQL for
Windows-2000 and am not able to connect to the
DBserver. I used the Setup executable to install the
application. I verified that the my.ini file was
created and contained appropriate information. But,
to Create DB Connection
Oh, right- I forgot to mention that. Part of the error
message in trying to connect to the database said that
it couldn't find the mysql.err file. I installed mySQL
in C:\mysql but the error message from the DOS shell
said it couldn't find the file: D:\mysql\data\english\mysql.err
Hi Dave,
--- Christensen, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Did you set up a my.ini file in your Windows
directory? If so, what is in
the file?
I found the problem about why I was not able to get my
WinMySQLadmin tool to start the service. My my.ini
contents are below this email the password x'd
Scott,
You should be able to find a file titled 'mysql.err' in your data directory.
This file will contain information that should help you get started.
-Original Message-
From: Scott D. Spiegler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 6:59 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh, right- I forgot to mention that. Part of the error
message in trying to connect to the database said that
it couldn't find the mysql.err file. I installed mySQL
in C:\mysql but the error message from the DOS shell
said it couldn't find the file:
D:\mysql\data\english\mysql.err. I am not sure
Well Scott, you're not done installing the Server yet.
Go to the Doc sub_dir of your MySQL root dir. and brows the
*manual_toc.html* file. You will find the info you need to get started
there.
Just a suggestion, don't use the winmysqladmin.exe GUI, or any other GUI
tool for now, get used to the
