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mysql not connecting

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:50 am
by mrjes
Ive just installed mysql for the first time and cannot get the screen to show up it looks like its going to then closes after a second or two im on a windows 2000 .

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:05 am
by phpfreak
hi
try the following:

I)download the mysql front from the http://mysqlfront.sstienemann.de/

after u dowload u can use the mysql as a user interactive system.
when u try to connect to the database the first time by double clicking the mysql-front , it may start or may not start if it doesnt try the following:

ii)go to command prompt and type:
c:\cd mysql\bin
then
c:\>mysql\bin\mysqld.exe

i hope it helped