Visad,
I just want to thank you man. I guess in my delusional state last night I installed SQL for client instead of server. After watching the video I went back and deleted my instal and started fresh. You really saved me hours of more headbutting.
If you're interested I have an extra copy...
The database should be on my machine, but it's not letting me create it. I know the solution to this is going to be so basic it shames myself and my family.
Thevisad, i really appreciate you replying. I have navicat / heidi sql and have tried them both. The issue is that i can't connect, period. It keeps saying that there isn't a server instance running on 127.0.0.1 and when i try to create a server it won't let me because there isn't an instance...
I'm pretty sure I do. I just downloaded the MySQL suite from the website (it came with command line, server5.5, workbench and a couple other things)
The weird thing is that I've taken classes on SQL, but it seems as if I've forgotten everything.
I know, this is very noobish, but I'm at my wits end here.
My issue is this - when I try to create a server instance using MySQL it says that I can't because MySQL isn't running and when I try to run the command line MySQL it just opens in closes - when I try to open it in CMD it can't connect...
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