RE: Installing MYSQL - Armando - com.mysql.lists.win32

4 messages in com.mysql.lists.win32RE: Installing MYSQL

From	Sent On	Attachments
Chad Lumpkin	28 Sep 2004 14:58
Patino, Hernando	28 Sep 2004 15:00
Armando	28 Sep 2004 21:45
phpWalter	29 Sep 2004 12:42

Subject:	RE: Installing MYSQL
From:	Armando (diji...@shaw.ca)
Date:	09/28/2004 09:45:55 PM
List:	com.mysql.lists.win32

It gives you the error because you actually have to start the server before you can connect to it. Go to C:\mysql\bin and install the service using the command: mysqld-nt --install

Then it will be in your services and you can set it to start automatically or manually or whatever you wish. You will also need to create a configuration file with basic configuration information. You can use the packaged my-small.cnf, my-medium.cnf, etc. files (located in c:\mysql) as basic default configuration files or create your own.

Once you install and start the service, then you should be able to connect fine. Cheers.

-----Original Message----- From: Chad Lumpkin [mailto:teql...@hotmail.com] Sent: September 28, 2004 4:58 PM To: win...@lists.mysql.com Subject: Installing MYSQL

Hello, I have installed MYSQL on my Windows XP Professional PC. I tried to run it from a DOS prompt and it gives me the following message:

ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'local host' <10061>

It is my understanding that this is a GPL program. The only thing I want to do is use MYSQL for an SQL Self Paced training book I am reading. Can anyone tell me how to configure this on my PC without using a server? Please tell me why it gives the above error message. I would love if someone could email me instructions on how to set this up so it works. Thanks for reading this message.