Putting It Together — Starting with MySQL

  • Resolved stevewilson

    (@stevewilson)


    14 years ago

    I’m setting up a development machine under Windows Vista. I’ve downloaded Apache/PHP/MySQL and WP and both Apache and MySQL are “running”. But it’s a mystery how I get these elements to talk to each other.

    For example, I am reading that when I install WP I will need to know the name of the MySQL database reserved for my content. The WordPress Codex then says, under “Using the MySQL Client” that I can “create MySQL users and databases quickly by running MySQL from the shell”. MySQL is running as a service so in a ‘cmd’ window I enter what it tells me to:

    $ mysql -u adminusername -p

    The reaction to that is:

    ‘$’ is not recognized as an internal or external command

    There seems to be no end to this confusion. I now have no idea how to talk to MySQL. And find no guidance what to say once I get there. Can anyone advise?

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