mysql

mysql

[jude dashiell]

does everybody on this list that wants to run mysql have it up and going
yet?  If not and your distribution came with it installed it may be
because the package is incomplete or broken.  To get around that, first
remove the package and go and get the rpm binaries from www.mysql.com.
Install all of the rpm's then as root type mysqladmin --version and also
type mysqladmin --help | less and take note of the variable settings in
the last part of the display.  If you don't get a version and a help
display of a few screens something didn't work right on install.
Otherwise, type mysqladmin password <new_password> and that sets an access
password for mysql.  Next, try mysql -p <cr> and see if you get prompted
for a password, if yes key in that password you selected.  You should if
all worked well get the mysql monitor up.  If that happens and you're left
at an <mysql> prompt, you're functional.  You'll probably need to do rpm
-ivh *.rpm --nodeps <cr> to install all of the rpm's.  If you can, also
pick up manual-split.tar.gz from the mysql page since that's got a version
of the mysql manual split into files you can read with a web browser out
of the box and maybe other utilities too.  at the <mysql> prompt if you
type connect mysql; you've just hooked up with where mysql stores all of
its information for all other databases and tables in the system.  If you
got to that point, you want to read the tutorial web page in the manual
subdirectory and work along with it.  After that, welcome to mysql!

Re: mysql

[jude dashiell]

To test your package before you go and replace it you could try the
following.  First do a locate mysql.server.  If it's not found but other
things are found like mysqladmin; you have a broken package.  If
mysql.server is found, try putting the full path to mysql.server and
mysql.server start into one of the system's start up files like rc.local.
Then reboot the system and check by doing dmesg >dmesg.log and read the
last lines.  If you find a successful start up of mysql mentioned in there
you don't have a broken package; but if you get all kinds of errors, don't
waste anymore time on that package.

Re: mysql

[Brent Harding]

Is there a way to use ms access on linux? Can mysql server be connected to
by access? 
At 01:20 PM 5/17/03 -0400, you wrote:
>does everybody on this list that wants to run mysql have it up and going
>yet?  If not and your distribution came with it installed it may be
>because the package is incomplete or broken.  To get around that, first
>remove the package and go and get the rpm binaries from www.mysql.com.
>Install all of the rpm's then as root type mysqladmin --version and also
>type mysqladmin --help | less and take note of the variable settings in
>the last part of the display.  If you don't get a version and a help
>display of a few screens something didn't work right on install.
>Otherwise, type mysqladmin password <new_password> and that sets an access
>password for mysql.  Next, try mysql -p <cr> and see if you get prompted
>for a password, if yes key in that password you selected.  You should if
>all worked well get the mysql monitor up.  If that happens and you're left
>at an <mysql> prompt, you're functional.  You'll probably need to do rpm
>-ivh *.rpm --nodeps <cr> to install all of the rpm's.  If you can, also
>pick up manual-split.tar.gz from the mysql page since that's got a version
>of the mysql manual split into files you can read with a web browser out
>of the box and maybe other utilities too.  at the <mysql> prompt if you
>type connect mysql; you've just hooked up with where mysql stores all of
>its information for all other databases and tables in the system.  If you
>got to that point, you want to read the tutorial web page in the manual
>subdirectory and work along with it.  After that, welcome to mysql!
>
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Re: mysql

[jude dashiell]

The reading I've done to date so far allows for mysql to import access
databases.  It's possible more can be done perhaps with stuff from
www.cpan.org.  The xl2html package can do format conversion and might be
able to convert from something mysql saved to something access will read.
it's possible access can read some output format of mysql too.