Noob trying to set up PHP for DreamWeaver

Question

When I paste this into the command prompt:
cd Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin mysql -uroot
-pPassword CafeTownsend < tutorial.sql
I get this:
The system cannnot find the file specified.
I have checked everything I can think of. I checked the file
path. I checked the file name. I don't recall me specifying a User
Name when I installed MySQL.( I think that would cause another
error message all together.) I triple checked to make sure I had
the SQL script file in the bin file. I suspect there must be
something here really obvious that I am missing... Can someone
shine the light of experience on this situation.
Thank you.
Mr. Lipshitz

Answer 1

mahakala8 wrote:
> 1. I did not include my password in the command line
from the tutorial in my
> post. My password is not pPassword. I do change the
default text when entering
> the command into the prompt. I was concerned that I
didn't amend -uRoot when
> using the command b/c I didn't recall specifying a root
name in the MySQL
> installation. It doesn't ask for one in the MySQL
command prompt when I sign on
> so I assumed it was not an issue.
The root user is the MySQL superuser with complete control
over every
database and user account. It is created by default, so you
don't need
to specify anything when installing MySQL. A new installation
of MySQL
is not password protected (if it were, you wouldn't be able
to get in).
That's why I said it assumes that your root password is
Password. The
lowercase p in front of Password is the instruction to MySQL
that you
are supplying the password. If you use that particular way of
accessing
MySQL, there must be no space between p and Password (or
whatever your
password is). Since it involves typing out your password in
plain text,
the normal way is to type just the p. After you press Enter,
MySQL then
prompts you to enter your password. If you haven't set a
password,
though, you should leave out the p.
>The command line in the tutorial that
> I have cut and pasted here reads:
>
> \cd Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin mysql
-uroot -pPassword
> CafeTownsend < tutorial.sql
No, it doesn't. It contains three commands as follows:
cd \
cd Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin
mysql -uroot -pPassword CafeTownsend < tutorial.sql
The first command (cd \) changes your current directory to
the top level
of the C drive. The alternative that I gave you accomplishes
the first
two commands in a single step.
> Port 80 is open on my machine. I also went back and
opened port 81.
> I turned off the windows firewall. I didn't explain this
before. However, is it
> even necessary to be concerned with ports when you are
running an Apache test
> server on your own development machine?
MySQL doesn't run on port 80; it uses port 3306 by default.
The fact
that you have managed to create the database through the
MySQL Command
Line Client indicates that MySQL is working correctly.
However, you do
need to be concerned about ports and firewalls on your own
machine. One
of the most common causes of problems with server-side
development is
the fact that the Windows firewall (or other security
software) is
blocking communication between Dreamweaver and Apache and/or
MySQL.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/