MySQL on Windows 2000

[Anon]

hello,
i installed mysql shareware 3.22.34 for win32 in my windows 2000.
i start mysql whith "mysqld-sharware"
and then i write mysql to connect and i receive this message "error 2003: cant connect to mysql server on localhost" (10011 or something like that)
recently i had mysql on windows 2000(upgrated from millenium) and it was working.
Is there a problem with the login and password or something else?

[Anon]

If your username or password were wrong, it would tell you. One way to check is to go the directory where mysql is installed and type "mysql -u root -p" and if it asks for your password, the server is working. If it doesn't and gives an error like the above one, there should be a program in the bin directory thats called something like "mysqld-nt" or something with "nt" in it, just run that with "mysqld-nt install" and that will install MySQL as a service.

[Anon]

i solved the problem.
when i start tha mysql i write
"mysqld-shareware --default-files=myexample.cnf"
Thanks anyway, anonymoys...

[Anon]

If MySQL is installed into a directory other than "c:\mysql" something that may stop the need for the "--default-files=myexample.cnf" switch is to copy the myexample.cnf file to c:\, rename it to my.cnf, and change the "basedir" directive to wherever you're installed. The reason for this is that by default MySQL expects to find it's files in c:\mysql when it's installed on an NT-based system (doesn't apply to Win98). If it can't find it's files, it obviously can't start:) I don't know if this solution is applicable to your situation, but I thought I'd mention it anyways. Hope this helps!!!

Cheers,

Geoff A. Virgo