can't connect to server on 'localhost' (10050)

[bhutz]

Please can somebody help me, i had configured appache and php fine so far. i managed to run the appache server and display my own php files(such as the ones shown in various guides around the net, e.g phpinfo.php and helloworld.php, etc...) on the address localhost/dir_of_file/file.php using my browser.

The problem that i am gettin now is that when i try and run commands such as
'cd mysql\bin\mysqlshow' or
'cd mysql\bin\mysqladmin -uroot password dog

i get the error message

'can't connect to server on 'localhost' (10050)
check that mysqld is running on local host'

i then typed the command telnet localhost 3306 and i get the error
'could not open connection to local host'

please could someone help me find where i am going wrong?

thanks

 

[KarveR]

from your commands you have "cd" at the beginning .. why?

'mysql\bin\mysqlshow' or
'mysql\bin\mysqladmin -uroot password dog should work just fine if you can see or have globally linked the mysql directory.
if you cannot see the mysql directory you may need the full path, like/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin

mysql -uroot -p
should return a
password:
prompt. ***************************************
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