We're talking about a Windows machine, right? I don't have any of
those these days but it sounds to me like it didn't thoroughly
uninstall.
If that much is correct, I'd first be suspicious of junk left in the
registry or data directories. Even if it meant I had to install it
again, I'd use a
Most helpful people of all time -
I have a student who uninstalled his mySQL and then reinstalled. When
the wizard gets to the point of starting the server, it sits there for a
couple of minutes and then the wizard has a message that it is not
responding. As suggested on the developer zone, he
On 10/19/2010 12:38 PM, Montgomery, Tammie wrote:
I had an old version of mySQL on my computer but never used it. I thought I
knew the root password but it wouldn't let me in. I went ahead and uninstalled
it thinking I would get a newer version anyway. I used the Windows interface to
Subject: uninstall/reinstall
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Tammie,
You might just try resetting the root password
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-windows.
Hope this helps,
Tyler
On 10/19/10 12:38 PM, Montgomery
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Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:09 AM
To: tpol...@engineyard.com; mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: Re: uninstall/reinstall
You mention the Windows installer has Hung. I have seen this
before...try killing the process with task manager and then log into
your server via
I had an old version of mySQL on my computer but never used it. I thought I
knew the root password but it wouldn't let me in. I went ahead and uninstalled
it thinking I would get a newer version anyway. I used the Windows interface to
uninstall the previous version. It appeared to be gone but
Tammie,
You might just try resetting the root password
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-windows.
Hope this helps,
Tyler
On 10/19/10 12:38 PM, Montgomery, Tammie wrote:
I had an old version of mySQL on my computer but never used it. I
I recently installed MySQL 4.0.12 on Mac OS X (using the package
provided in the downloads section) and I must have corrupted something
because I can't get the mysql command to work. I thought the easiest
thing to do would be to uninstall the whole thing and start over, but I
can't figure out
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Todd O'Bryan wrote:
I recently installed MySQL 4.0.12 on Mac OS X (using the package
provided in the downloads section) and I must have corrupted something
because I can't get the mysql command to work. I thought the
