Running mysql on win89

gerry

I've installed mysql on my pc. I'm using win98 as my o/s.

I try runnig mysql from the dos prompt and i get the following message.

error: 'Cant connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)' check that mysqld is running on localhost and that the port is 3306. You can check this by doing 'telnet local host 3306'

What does this mean??

I have installed an apache server which is workin ok.

Gerry.

Anon

Hello Gerry,

What command do you use to start mysql?

Normally you should use mysqld.exe.

Scott

gerry

Hi Scott,
I've tried various methods for starting mysql, did manage to get it briefly running using 'mysql -h localhost -u root', but when I turned the computer off and tried to run it again, got the 'ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10006)'.

Any suggestions??

Thanks,

Gerry.

aurigus

Gerry,

I've been running it by the WinMySQLadmin tool. It starts up a nifty tray icon and runs mysqld or mysqld-opt. I think the mysql command is just a "client" where the mysqld is the server (daemon) which needs to be run first. The Admin tool is just a gui front-end to that. It is in the mysql bin directory.

Hope that helps!

-Dave

Gerry wrote:

Any suggestions??

Thanks,

Gerry.