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Entries for the ‘Databases’ Category

MySQL remote connection problems

I’ve been experimenting with running MySQL on different operating systems and LAMP/WAMP/OAMP platforms and as I always wanted to connect to the database server from a PC on my LAN I have kept coming across connection errors. So far I’ve figured out that the following steps fix most of the connection issues. I should say [...]

MySQL System Tray Monitor and Windows Vista

I’veĀ installed MySQL server on Windows Vista and installed the MySQL GUI tools. I found a problem with the MySQL System Tray Monitor though – it seemed unable to stop, start or restart the MySQL service and would not allow me to save any changes I made to the MySQL instance configuration. Whenever I tried to [...]