On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:23 AM, pantagruel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > Hi, > > I can connect via the mysql console to the database, my service is > running. however when I try to do syncdb from Django I get: > > _mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (2003,"Can't connect to MySQL > server on 'localhost' (10061)") > > My current test Django settings.py says: > > DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql' > DATABASE_NAME = 'dbname' > DATABASE_USER = 'root' . > DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'thepassword' > DATABASE_HOST = '' > DATABASE_PORT = '' > > (have not edited any of the rest because it should not be relevant as > I understand it - although time zone is wrong) > > when I use the mysql console I do > > mysql -u root -p > pass: thepassword > > then > connect dbname > > then status which tells me: > (some things left out as they seemed especially non-essential) > > Current Database: dbname > Current User: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Server Version: 5.0.67-community-nt MySQL Community Edition (GPL) > Protocol Version: 10 > Connection: Named pipe: mysql mysql connected via a named pipe, not a TCP/IP connection. For Django you need to use TCP/IP. Run through the config wizard and where there's a checkbox for "Enable TCP/IP" you want to check it. Karen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
