have attempted SO MANY different Apache/PHP/mysql/phpmyadmin "installers" and am now unable to "remove" mysql or get it started - in my Comp Servcs list, the path to the server (?) is C:\/mysql/bin/mysqld-opt.exe - my WINNT my.ini reads
[server]
skip-bdb
skip-innodb
skip-name-resolve
skip-symlink
default-character-set=cp1251
[mysqld]
# set basedir to your installation path
basedir=C:/mysql
# set datadir to the location of your data directory
datadir=C:/mysql/data
[WinMySQLAdmin]
Server=C:/mysql/bin/mysqld-nt.exe
where might i begin looking for the problem? and how do i get rid of old/disabled services such as the one mentioned above...
there are no uninstall directions in the docs, or at least in the manual in /docs. the consensus in google seems to be to remove the folder and to remove the my.ini file. i didn't have this problem with WinXP - can't imagine why i'd have it with 2k...
i just reinstalled 4.0 - this shouldn't be this difficult...
it ran when i had WinXP on this machine - i broke Windows a while back and had lost my Disc, so i installed Windows 2k and have just now tried to get apache/php/mysql running again. they run fine, just mysql won't start. so, no, it's not yet ran on this Windows.
bingo - that did it. now, might you suggest a GOOD package or installer or tutorial on installing these services separately on Windows? Apache vs. Apache2...?
I always tend to follow the individual instructions in the documentation for each package - Apache goes on first, then PHP, then MySQL and phpMyAdmin. The docs for all are pretty detailed and the only one that ever really causes issues is MySQL but it always starts working in the end (once I've figured out what's causing the 1067 error this time).
ok, good - 1 Q. > when installing apache i'm asked for domain info, though i'm clearly installing on a private machine. what would i put in these fields?