Error 2003

[Geert-Jan van Leeuwen]

I am completely new yo MySQL. I want to learn something about PHP / MySQL
and bought a book (dutch book from Academic Service 'MySQL/PHP Database
Applicaties' by Jay Greenspan and Brad Bulger, ISBN 90 395 1814 9) about it
with a CD containing and installation map containing
'mysql-3.23.28-gamma-win'. I want to install it on Windows XP on the moment
but want to switch to Linux later. I am a total rookie in Linux also, but
want to learn.

I use 'Typical' installatioin and it installs allright. I open a
commandprompt and start the file 'mysqld' . The commandprompt returns. The
book says to check if the 'deamon' works with <mysql -u root> Doing that
gives the message:
Error 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

I also tried from http://www.mysql.org/downloads the file
mysql-4.0.17-win.zip . This also installs fine, but starting
<mysqld> does not return with the commandprompt.

The book told my to first install MySQL and check it, after that Apache and
PHP. I do that.

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

Geert-Jan

OS: Windows XP
dutch Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 1

[Don Gardon]

Getting the same "Error 2003" but with win98. Have gotten the server open
with MySQLAdmin (spelling ?) and then going back to the <mysql -u root>
thing. Can then do all the commands and what not like that.

I'm guessing the problem lies in the ini file that was changed with the
"admin" thing. Going to trash the "admin" thing and get the ini back to
it's original version. You might want to try that if you have changed your
original "ini or cnf" files.

Hope this all isn't to "perfectly Nixonion."

--
VR
Don Gardon
"Geert-Jan van Leeuwen" <no****@sumpthing.nl> wrote in message
news:10*************@corp.supernews.com...

I am completely new yo MySQL. I want to learn something about PHP / MySQL
and bought a book (dutch book from Academic Service 'MySQL/PHP Database
Applicaties' by Jay Greenspan and Brad Bulger, ISBN 90 395 1814 9) about it with a CD containing and installation map containing
'mysql-3.23.28-gamma-win'. I want to install it on Windows XP on the moment but want to switch to Linux later. I am a total rookie in Linux also, but
want to learn.

I use 'Typical' installatioin and it installs allright. I open a
commandprompt and start the file 'mysqld' . The commandprompt returns. The
book says to check if the 'deamon' works with <mysql -u root> Doing that
gives the message:
Error 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

I also tried from http://www.mysql.org/downloads the file
mysql-4.0.17-win.zip . This also installs fine, but starting
<mysqld> does not return with the commandprompt.

The book told my to first install MySQL and check it, after that Apache and PHP. I do that.

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

Geert-Jan

OS: Windows XP
dutch Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 1