Setting up MySQL for Dreamweaver 8

Question

I set up MySQL on my Macintosh yesterday, along with PHP --
all went fine yesterday, until I tried to connect Dreamweaver to it
(today I went back and uninstalled and tried to reinstall, and all goes less well -- can anyone tell me what
robert:/usr/local/mysql robert$ bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'himmel'
bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'
signifies?)
In any case -- back to the story:
I go to connect to the DB in Dreamweaver 8, and when I try to set up the DB in the "databases" tab and click on the "database" field I get
"An unidentified error has occurred"
and then
"HTTP Error Code 404 File Not Found....
[Possible Reasons]: 1) No testing server running on this machine.
2) The Testing Server specified for this site does not map to the http://127.0.0.1/~robert/Sites/_mmServerScripts/MMHTTPDB.php?Type=MySQL&Connecti onString=host=localhost;uid=dwmx;pwd=mm&Host=localhost&&UserName=dmwx&Password=m m&Timeout=30 URL. Verifiy that the URL prefixs points to the root of the site."
Any clue? I know little about PHP or Unix, but am trying to learn.

Answer 1

Great info - thank you, David! I will be trying that this
afternoon.
Before I do, however, I need to clarify whether I am doing
this the "best"
way in my decision to use MAMP. I was looking for the
quickest, easiest way
to get a Testing Server setup so that I could test out
multiple client
sites. In your opinion, is my approach the best solution? Do
I need to
purchase MAMP Pro?
Thanks again, much appreciated!
Derrill
"David Powers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Derrill wrote:
>> Server Model: PHP/MySQL
>> Access: Local/Network
>> Testing Server Folder: (Not sure what goes here
because I am not sure
>> where my website root folder should reside)
>
> Since you have installed MAMP, the server root is
> /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
>
> If you create a subfolder called mysite inside htdocs,
URL prefix becomes
>
http://localhost/mysite/
>
> However, by default, MAMP uses a non-default port for
Apache. If you are
> using the MAMP ports, you need to change the URL prefix
to
>
http://localhost:8888/mysite.
>
> As long as you run only MAMP, it's best to configure
MAMP to use the
> Apache and MySQL default ports (80 and 3306). You do
this in MAMP Pro by
> selecting Server > General, and clicking the Default
port button. Since
> you have got MAMP Pro, you can also create virtual hosts
for your sites.
> You do that by clicking the Hosts tab in MAMP Pro. Click
the plus button
> at the bottom-left of the panel, give the virtual host a
new name and
> specify its location in the fields on the right.
>
> Always restart the servers after making any changes.
>
>
> --
> David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
> Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3"
(friends of ED)
> Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
>
http://foundationphp.com/