Abhisek, On the MySQL Server, open Task Manager -> Processes tab -> View -> Select Columns and enable PID. Find the Process ID for your mysqld-nt.exe (that is how it's named on my server). On the command prompt, do: netstat -abo Copy the netstat results into Notepad, and search for your mysqld-nt.exe or its PID. Is it running on the port you expected? What happens if you telnet to the listed port? Regards, Carlton Whitehead ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abhisek Dutta" <abhisek.dutt@xxxxxxxxx> To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:54:23 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: n00b cannot start MySQL I am an extreme n00b here in PHP. just started learning PHP. Can't start MySQL. The command-prompt says: /Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost./ 'telnet localhost 10061' gives: /Connecting to localhost...Could not open connection to the host, on port 10061: Connect failed./ But 'services.msc' shows MySQL is running. I am a WinXP user. Running Apche 2.2/PHP5.2/MySQL4.1 Help much appreciated. regards and thanks Abhisek -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
