I hope this isn't a really stupid q 1

[theocraticmind]

I hope this isn't a really stupid question (or maybe I do) but I've installed iis and mysql on one of those win 2000 "built on NT technology" machines. I'm trying to get mysql to work (I'm a super newbie at it) and this is what I get...

C:\mysql\bin>mysql
ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

I got to doing this from a tutorial (when I could find one that didn't have telnet instructions...)

I super new to this stuff, so be nice. I would love any help you can give.

 

[danielhozac]

You have to start the MySQL daemon. I think there is a monitor program for Windows that starts and stops the daemon. You could also try executing [tt]mysqld-nt[/tt] in the MySQL bin directory. //Daniel

 

[theocraticmind]

thank you for the help, that was the solution.