Mark, Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 4:08:03 PM, you wrote: M> Ok, I tried to set up MySQL at home (3.23.53), on my windows machine, so I M> can test database stuff before I use it on the UNIX server. I installed it, M> set it up as services, the service is running, yet I get:
M> C:\mysql\bin>mysql.exe M> ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) M> I created the following \my.cnf: M> ------------------- M> [mysqld] M> bind-address=212.238.195.5 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Why do you use bind-address=212.238.195.5 if you connect from localhost(127.0.0.1)? M> skip-innodb M> skip-bdb M> datadir=/var/db/mysql M> socket=/tmp/mysql.sock M> port=3306 M> [mysql.server] M> basedir=/usr/local M> ------------------- M> Obviously, this works fine on my UNIX server; but I must be doing something M> wrong on Windoze. Is there a log somewhere I could check? The socket does M> not seem to exist either. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ma02-010c This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
