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Posted by dorayme on 02/14/07 22:06
In article
<1171471338.635781.120390@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com>,
"kenoli" <kenoli.p@gmail.com> wrote:
> One simple way to check is to download and install the free software
> TextWrangler. You can then select from the file menu "Open hidden"
> and browse through the hidden directories on you MacIntosh. You
> should find mysql installed in the following location:
>
> /usr/local/
>
> in its own subdirectory. This is also where php is installed.
Thanks for this. I have BBEdit and yes, MySQL is there.
>
> To test the installation, try logging in from the "terminal" program
> by entering the following command at the command line prompt:
>
> mysql -h localhost -u root
>
> (you may need to change directory or provide a bath to the mysql
> program, which is also usually at:
>
> /usr/local/mysql/bin/
>
Looking at the file system that was opened by BBEdit, it goes:
dorayme's Power Mac G4/usr/local/mysql/
and there are all sorts of things from there. The mysql folder is
an alias as I can see by the little curved arrow in the icon. So,
given this info, what exactly am I to type into Terminal please?
> on a MacIntosh -- the "mysql" in the path is the unix equivalent of an
> "alias" in MacIntosh terminology that links to the mysql directory,
> which is usually set up by the mysql installation. The "bin" is the
> mysql sub-directory where mysql programs are kept.)
>
> When mysql is installed, it installs a user named "root" that is
> allowed full access in with no password. If this gets you into the
> software you have an installation of mysql. You will know this as the
> prompt will change to something like:
>
> mysql:
>
> The next thing you will need to do is to protect your installation by
> adding a password to root and establishing any other users you need.
>
> I would suggest that you do this by immediately downloading and
> installing the open source software phpmyadmin. It will allow you to
> set up mysql tables, change and add users, etc. through a
> straightforward interface you can access via your browser.
>
I actually do have this as part of a package I downloaded called
MAMP. I had though MAMP would be an easier route to things when I
got a bit lost after previously installing MySql. But for now, I
prefer to do without MAMP. I can download the the open source
software phpmyadmin afresh or borrow it from the MAMP package.
> I would also suggest that you find a good tutorial on mysql and read
> the phpmyadmin documentation. The best way to use mysql is to
> understand how it works. These are both easy to find on the internet.
>
Any recommendations by anyone would be appreciated. The simpler
the better at first.
> I went through a learning curve, trying to get someone to explain
> things to me and never really got it until I dug into the
> documentation and understood it for myself. Until then, you will just
> be following directions, forever vulnerable to things happening that
> you don't understand and constant frustration.
You are undoubtedly right. I think that at least with me, a few
confidence building measures helps, like getting various
ill-understood things to actually work or "do as expected". Much
appreciate your remarks throughout here...
>
> --Kenoli
>
> On Feb 13, 4:39 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > In article <eqt1dh0...@drn.newsguy.com>, Tom <t...@to.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:30:34 +1100, dorayme wrote...
> >
> > > >In article
> > > ><doraymeRidThis-1F3292.15220511022...@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>,
> > > > dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > >I have PHP installed on my Mac Tiger and it works fine. It is
> > > >version 4.4.1
> >
> > > >In my efforts to understand and work with a database, I have now
> > > >downloaded a mysql-standard-5.0.27-osx10.4-powerpc.pkg.
> >
> > > >To tell whether one has php installed (apart from seeing if
> > > >includes and stuff are working, there is a simple test: run a
> > > >phpInfoPanels.php file from the server in which the only text is:
> >
> > > ><?php phpinfo() ?>
> >
> > > >My question is this: what, please, is as simple a way to tell if
> > > >the installation of MySQL is successful?
> >
> > > >Doubtless the question reveals ignorance! But that is how it is
> > > >and I am trying to cure it. I am not even sure of the very nature
> > > >and logic of what I have installed. I have got as far as vaguely
> > > >understanding that this database direction involves both
> >
> > > >(a) A database server (some sort of software that somehow stores
> > > >and controls and serves or delivers things databasewise)
> >
> > > >and
> >
> > > >(b) A "client" program which enables one to communicate with this
> > > >server so one can make new databases, change old ones and
> > > >generally geek away and stay young.
> >
> > > >So I have installed the package. What now, there are no whistles
> > > >or flags or jumping gifs when I go to a page I made that gives a
> > > >menu of my sites on my server. For all the world this corner is
> > > >as quiet as before I installed the package. I would appreciate a
> > > >hint of what to do next that promises to turn on some practical
> > > >light for me.
> >
> > > I'm guessing you may need to connect to your MySQL server directly
> >
> > I would like to do this. My question (not quite grammatically put
> > above) was: "what, please, is a simple a way to tell if the
> > installation of MySQL is successful?
> >
> > > and create
> > > the database you want to use for access with PHP if you hadn't created
> > > one
> > > already.
> >
> > > Once that's in place you can try creating a test PHP page to see if you
> > > are
> > > able
> > > to connect to that database. Maybe...
> >
> > Thanks for below... but I have not got to that stage.
> >
> >
> >
> > > <?php
> >
> > > $database="database_name";
> >
> > > mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password");
> >
> > > echo 'Connected successfully';
> > > mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
> >
> > > mysql_close();
> > > ?>
> >
> > > Tom
> >
> > --
> > dorayme
--
dorayme
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