Re: startup in OS-X

2006-10-06 Thread Rahul S. Johari
Usually mysql is located at /usr/local/mysql in the terminal window. Using Terminal, get to /usr/local/mysql/bin 'ls' will give you the list of files in the folder Try ./mysqld_safe > On 10/6/06, Chris Elhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> apologize for the newbie question. >> >> installed myS

Re: startup in OS-X

2006-10-06 Thread obed
On 10/6/06, Chris Elhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: apologize for the newbie question. installed mySQL 4 some time ago, and just played around with it in terminal. Now that I really need to learn some database, I can't get it to start in terminal. it autostarts; I can see it in the activity m

Re: startup in OS-X

2006-10-05 Thread Dan Buettner
Chris, what autostarts is likely the server, 'mysqld' (for mysql daemon). What you need to start to access the server is a client, 'mysql'. What command are you issuing? just mysql at the terminal prompt? It seems odd I know, especially to long-time Mac users, but the operating system may just