Problems connecting to a MySQL database

Report · Sep 19, 2006

Hi everyone out there!

I'm new at PHP/MySQL and I'm trying to create my first connection to a MySQL database in Dreamweaver MX.
I have installed and tested PHP and MySQL in my computer and everything seems to work fine. When I try to create my first connection ( APLICATION/DATABASES ) in the window I specify localhost as my web server, and root as my user name, then I also provide my password and database. When I click test I get the following message.
2003 Can't connect to MySQL on server 'localhost' (10061)

Can anyone tell me what is wrong or how to fix it?

Report · Sep 19, 2006

Ic12 wrote:
> 2003 Can't connect to MySQL on server 'localhost' (10061)

Error 2003 normally means that the MySQL server isn't running.

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