Re: beginner stuff; cant create database

2003-02-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
what happens when mysql -utest returns an error 2002? perror 2002 says that's an unknown error. -- Jude - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (t

Re: beginner stuff; cant create database

2003-02-04 Thread Stefan Hinz, iConnect \(Berlin\)
Wiley, > E:\>mysqladmin create TestDB > mysqladmin: CREATE DATABASE failed; error: 'Can't create database > 'testdb'. (err > no: 13)' Error 13 means "permission denied". Check if the MySQL has write access to E:\. BTW, I don't think E:\ is a very good place to store your databases. I would recomm

re: beginner stuff; cant create database

2003-02-03 Thread Egor Egorov
On Monday 03 February 2003 06:44, wiley wrote: > Easy question for beginner. Why am I getting this error ? I just > installed Mysql and I'm trying to create a database. Beginner stuff... > E:\>mysqladmin create TestDB > mysqladmin: CREATE DATABASE failed; error: 'Can't create database > 'testdb'.

Re: beginner stuff; cant create database

2003-02-03 Thread Alpin Iolaire McKinnon
Hi Error 13 is Permission denied. Check you have write permissions on the mysql database directory (you might not if you copied from a CD for instance). Hope this helps iolaire On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 08:44:23PM -0800, wiley wrote: > Easy question for beginner. Why am I getting this error ? I

Re: beginner stuff; cant create database

2003-02-03 Thread Alec . Cawley
> perror 13 returns Error code 13: Permission denied You do not have permission to create databases as the default user. As installed. there is already a test database called 'test' and a test user called 'test' with no password to do the kind of inital trying out you probably want. May I sug

RE: beginner stuff; cant create database

2003-02-03 Thread Simon Green
Put the error number in to perror in ../mysql/bin It will then tell you what the error is about. <---snip---> /usr/local/mysql/bin$ ./perror 13 Error code 13: Permission denied <---snip---> This is an operating system error. Simon -Original Message- From: wiley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED