At 9:38 AM -0700 3/26/07, Don Russell wrote: >Ingemar Nilsson wrote: >> Don Russell <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> >>> Now, I get as far as: >>> if (false === ($dbh = mysql_connect('localhost',$uid,$pwd))) { >>> die("Can't connect to mySQL database: ".mysql_error()); >>> } >>> >>> >>> and sure enough, results in: >>> Can't connect to mySQL database: Can't connect to local MySQL server >>> through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) >>> >> >> Is your MySQL server running? As root, run >> >> service mysqld status >> > >hmmm, interesting: > >[root@boris ~]# service mysqld status >mysqld: unrecognized service >[root@boris ~]# rpm -q mysql >mysql-5.0.27-1.fc6 >[root@boris ~]# > >I checked if there was a mysqld package to install... nope... mysql-server -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>