Urgent help needed

Junior WebHelper Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 3

Hey. I'm new to MySQL, and trying to teach myself from a book. The problem is, i can't seem to get it to run properly. I have MySQ 4.0.4 beta running on Windows 98.

The thing is, the book tells me to run WinMySqlAdmin which automatically runs the mysqld-opt server. So i do. Except when the server is running it slows down my comp. and when i try to connect to the server in DOS it just sits there and doesn't do anything. I am typing mysql -u j (my username) -p
I then type my password at the prompt which is also j.
I've tried variations of this command. For example - mysql -h localhost -u j -p but still the same.

If i don't have the server on, when i try these commands to connect to the server i get the error "ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)" which makes sense since the server isn't on. but as i said, when the server is on, it just sits there and i get no feedback. and i have tried all the commands which are supposed to write errors to a text file etc - but still nothing. Now if i close the mysqld-opt server i get the error about where it has lost contact with the server during a query which also makes sense.

The strange thing is, i spent hours trying to get this all to work, and then the next day i somehow got it to work in no time. I was connected to the server and everything and there was no sign of slowdown. I could issue the mysql commands and stuff. The thing that's strange is, when i asked it to connect to the server, i could have sworn there was no server running so i am bamboozled. I have no idea what it is i am doing wrong. I am really desperate and would appreciate any help on getting the whole thing working correctly so i can teach myself it.

Please don't ignore this because it isn't a specific MySQL problem. I'm really desperate here and don't know where else to turn. I've read the manual countless times and am getting nowhere.

Thanks in advance.

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Not sure what your problem is, but wouldn't it be easier for you to install an "all in one" package which has Apache, PHP & MySQL, and which would probably do all this stuff for you, and hopefully work Wink

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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 12:23 pm (21 years, 6 months ago)

Also, I'm not too sure how mysql likes having a space betweeen -p and password
try mysql -u j -pj

Junior WebHelper Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 3

I already have Apache and PHP installed and they work fine. I'm using what was provided with the book.... Sad

Ok, will try that but it doesn't seem to care. I tried so many different variations when i actually got it to work. But what would explain my comp slowing down in the first place?

Am i going about running my server the wrong way? Do i need to give a command at the DOS prompt or something?