connecting to db..

[Frances]

this seems pretty straight-forward.. got this code

$link = mysql_connect(' localhost:3306' , '<uid>', '<pswd>');
if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_close($li nk);

from here..
http://us2.php.net/function.mysql-connect

but can't connect, get this error:

Connect to db:
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to
MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) in
C:\xampp\xampp\ htdocs\home\con n.php on line 19
Could not connect: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

I connect to this same MySQL server from Tomcat w/no problem.. what is
issue here pls...
now on top of pg mentioned above, there this description:

resource mysql_connect ( [string server [, string username [, string
password [, bool new_link [, int client_flags]]]]] )

what does 'resource' refer to here pls... and where to do specify what
db to connect to... (in java you put db-name in same line where you
make the connection..)
(and don't you need a driver to connect, I use a JDBC driver to
connect w/Java..)

would very much appreciate some help.. thank you...

Frances

[Frances]

disregard -- now all of a sudden can't connect from Java either.. I
don't get this.. I've been connecting successfully to db for over a
year from both Tomcat & java stand-alone classes, now all of a sudden am
trying to connect also from PHP and I can't connect at all..

when try to connect just from console get error:

ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

what is this.. what is 10061.. :(

is it really not possible then to connect to one MySQL server from diff
web servers? (I don't think so..) I want to set up my machine so can
connect to same MySQL server from Tomcat, IIS, PHP.. (the port thing is
also a big pain and don't know if will be able to pull this off..) thank
you very much..

Frances

Frances wrote:

this seems pretty straight-forward.. got this code

$link = mysql_connect(' localhost:3306' , '<uid>', '<pswd>');
if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_close($li nk);

from here..
http://us2.php.net/function.mysql-connect

but can't connect, get this error:

Connect to db:
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to
MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) in
C:\xampp\xampp\ htdocs\home\con n.php on line 19
Could not connect: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

I connect to this same MySQL server from Tomcat w/no problem.. what is
issue here pls...
now on top of pg mentioned above, there this description:

resource mysql_connect ( [string server [, string username [, string
password [, bool new_link [, int client_flags]]]]] )

what does 'resource' refer to here pls... and where to do specify what
db to connect to... (in java you put db-name in same line where you
make the connection..)
(and don't you need a driver to connect, I use a JDBC driver to
connect w/Java..)

would very much appreciate some help.. thank you...

Frances

[Rik]

Frances wrote:

this seems pretty straight-forward.. got this code

$link = mysql_connect(' localhost:3306' , '<uid>', '<pswd>');
Do you need the port here? And I assume your username & password are
correct?
What happens if you:
$link = mysql_connect(' localhost', 'your_username' , 'your_password' );

If you want to connect by TCP/IP use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost.
now on top of pg mentioned above, there this description:

resource mysql_connect ( [string server [, string username [, string
password [, bool new_link [, int client_flags]]]]] )

what does 'resource' refer to here pls...
www.php.net > manual > types > resource:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...s.resource.php

A resource is a special variable, holding a reference to an external
resource.
and where to do specify what
db to connect to... (in java you put db-name in same line where you
make the connection..)
mysql_select_db ('db_name', $link);
(and don't you need a driver to connect, I use a JDBC driver to
connect w/Java..)

Mostly it's enabled by default in PHP4, PHP5 it's not, details:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php

Grtz

--
Rik Wasmus

[Rik]

Frances wrote:

when try to connect just from console get error:

ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost'
(10061)
what is this.. what is 10061.. :(
Try to restart your MySQL-server, if that doesn't work: GOOGLE:
http://www.google.com/search?q=mysql+%22ERROR+2003%22

is it really not possible then to connect to one MySQL server from
diff web servers? (I don't think so..) I want to set up my machine
so can connect to same MySQL server from Tomcat, IIS, PHP.. (the port
thing is also a big pain and don't know if will be able to pull this
off..) thank you very much..

It should not be any problem to connect dozens of times to the same MySQL
database from all kinds of locations, servers, applications.

Rushing into things will give you these kind of errors. You do ask many
questions. Now, take a break, look at some documentation, google the exact
questions you have, and discover a wealth of ready information.

Grtz,
--
Rik Wasmus

[Frances]

Rik wrote:

Frances wrote:

when try to connect just from console get error:

ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost'
(10061)
what is this.. what is 10061.. :(

Try to restart your MySQL-server, if that doesn't work: GOOGLE:
http://www.google.com/search?q=mysql+%22ERROR+2003%22

I did do a google search earlier.. searched for the same thing...
I did find one or two fora where it says to restart the server, but
don't know how you do that.. it says in my book (oreilly) to start the
server to run $ bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &... don't see a file
called 'safe_mysqld in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MyS QL Server 4.1\bin..
(why does installation not come with a list of what each executable
in bin dir does? there are lots of them..)

I tried to open mysql.exe earlier, saw a glimpse of a shell window,
which then disappeared.. could this have caused the problem.. it says
in manual to run 'bin\mysqld --console' I navigated to bin dir and did

mysqld --console get error.. then did:
mysqld.exe --console also get error....

manual says to run bin\mysqld -- there's no such file in bin dir.. this
is frustrating.. (still don't know what happened.. why after having
used this server for about a year with no problems would I need to
restart server all of a sudden..)

ok, I think I need to switch to mysql newsgroup.. what a pain.. either
way thank you for your help..

Frances

[Virginner]

| manual says to run bin\mysqld -- there's no such file in bin dir.. this
| is frustrating.. (still don't know what happened.. why after having
| used this server for about a year with no problems would I need to
| restart server all of a sudden..)

Use the XAMPP Control Applet, and click on the MySQL START button ;-)

(you are still using XAMPP?). By-the-way, check earlier thread for more.

D.

[Frances]

Virginner wrote:

| manual says to run bin\mysqld -- there's no such file in bin dir.. this
| is frustrating.. (still don't know what happened.. why after having
| used this server for about a year with no problems would I need to
| restart server all of a sudden..)

Use the XAMPP Control Applet, and click on the MySQL START button ;-)

(you are still using XAMPP?). By-the-way, check earlier thread for more.

D.

Virninner, thank you for yr response.. I was trying to connect not to
MySQL that came w/xampp but to my 4.1 installation that I've been using
with java for over a year (I want to set everything up so I can connect
to same db with Tomcat/java, IIS, PHP.. but not getting very far for
now....;) now cannot connect to db at all, I mean to db I've been using
for a while, since before I installed xampp.. never had a problem w/it
before...

when try to connect just to console get error:

ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

(do you think it has to do w/MySQL installation that came with XAMPP
(although I have uninstalled XAMPP completely by now.... want to
install it again at some point (I think it's still simpler than
installing and configuring Apache and
http://us2.php.net/downloads.php...) separately..) but don't know if
it's xampp that screwed my MySQL server I had installed... oh brother,
don't know what to do.. thank you for your help...

[Virginner]

| ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

.... means simply that the server is not running....

if it was running, you'd get an error message from the server, like pass
wrong or something.

CRTL-ALT-DEL, open task manager and look for it!!!

D.