MySQL, and PHPMYADMIN with WAMP on port 81

Question

I installed WAMP at port 81 because SQL Server is running on
the default port 80 (non-networked, home-office, XP system.)
I created a MySQL database using PHPMYADMIN. Now I need to
connect to it using Dreamweaver (CS3):
Connection name: connMinding
MySQL server: localhost:81
Username: root
Password:
When I hit the SELECT button, DW goes off to test the
database connection, takes forever doing it, and then I get a
server timeout message. Since the server is up and running, the
message gives an alternative that suggesting the ODBC DSN doesn't
exist on the testing server.
Does anyone know how I should be doing this? What MySQL
Server?
Thanks.

Answer 1

.oO(Minding)
>I installed WAMP at port 81
"WAMP" is just a common name for a bundle of software. It
contains at
least two servers which have to listen on different(!) ports:
the web
server Apache (usually 80) and the database MySQL (usually
3306).
There are many different WAMP distributions available. Which
one do you
use?
>because SQL Server is running on the default port
>80 (non-networked, home-office, XP system.)
Port 80 is reserved for HTTP and should not be used for
anything else.
You should check your configuration (and adjust if
necessary).
> I created a MySQL database using PHPMYADMIN. Now I need
to connect to it using
>Dreamweaver (CS3):
>
> Connection name: connMinding
> MySQL server: localhost:81
> Username: root
> Password:
>
> When I hit the SELECT button, DW goes off to test the
database connection,
>takes forever doing it, and then I get a server timeout
message.
What is really listening on port 81 - the web server or the
database
server? What happens if you call <
http://localhost:81> in your
browser?
Do you get a response? What happens if you omit the port in
DW's DB
configuration?
Micha