hue... we don't say "wala!", but "voilà !" in French ;) (which you pronouce exactly the same but now you know how to write it :))

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Marc-Olivier Meunier


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John A. Davis
> [mailto:mysqldba-ezmlmshield-x68688148.[Email address protected]
> Sent: jeudi 8 décembre 2005 03:46
> To: LazyDBA Discussion
> Subject: Re: Newbie at a terrible loss to connect to local instance
>
> ok, got home, this works:
> Server Host: 127.000.000.1
> Username: 'root'
> Password: (what I picked during install)
>
> mySQL Admin opened up and wala!
>
> Thank you,everyone.
>
> John
>
>
> At 09:51 AM 12/07/2005, John Sposato wrote:
>
> >Your username is 'root' for the password you entered during
> installation.
> >
> >John A DAVIS wrote:
> >
> > >I installed mySQL on my home computer and now I want to
> connect to it
> > >locally for some of my testing to avoid my roundtrips to
> ISP database.
> > >However, I can't figure out how to set up my mySQL
> Adminsitrator to make
> > >a database or tables! It asked me for a password during
> the install but
> > >besides that, I don't know what my username is or the
> server's name or
> > >anything to put into the connection screen of the mySQL
> Administrator
> > >(which works for my ISP database)! Same for an ODBC driver.
> > >
> > >Any ideas? I can't believe they don't explain this
> somewhere in mySQL.
> > >For my ISP's mySQL/PHP account they sent me all the
> information. Someone
> > >out there knows this answer!
> > >
> > >Someone posted that By default MySQL installs with a root account.
> > >So, I type "root account" into the username window? I'm
> thinking not. I
> > >don't even understand what a root account is. During the install I
> > >disabled anonymous login and chose to give it a password.
> But I don't
> > >know what my server is called, I don't know what my
> username is, and I
> > >don't know what a root account is or the default for
> referencing it.
> > >Scratching head. Concepts and terms supposedly everyone is
> familiar with
> > >are greek to me. It would seem very easy and obvious, but
> not for this
> > >geek.
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >Department of Pathology, College of Medicine
> >University of Florida
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