Tom Dell''Aringa
2005-Oct-13 14:23 UTC
Re: Connection being refused from Rails/mySQL (related to previous)
--- Stephen Caudill <vox-rUtwbJCiuDxWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Sounds very much like you''re treating the symptom. I would investigate > to see what''s running on 3306, as that''s the standard mysql port. > Between that and the name clash for the service, it''s really sounding > like the uninstall(s) didn''t get everything. Check your services: > > Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services > > for a service with the name MySQL to be sure there''s not a reference to > a service that''s no longer available. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>This is my work machine and port 3306 is in use for SQLServer I think - at any rate, it''s been like this for 2 years and it worked before (I had to change the port on my first installation as well). Yes, there is 2 services in there, my current service ''mySQLRails'' and then another one ''mySQL''. I''m looking at this by going to MyComputer > Manage and then viewing the services. It does not give me an option to remove the old service...> http://rubyforge.org/projects/instantrails/Mmm..I''d hate to start all over again and I want to follow the examples in the book anyway. I''m thinking there has to be a simple fix for this... I just don''t know where the disconnect is.. Tom http://www.pixelmech.com/ A man spoke frantically into the phone: "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart"! "Is this her first child?" the doctor asked. "No, you idiot!" the man shouted. "This is her husband!" Q: What do you call a muddy chicken who crossed the road two times? A: A dirty double crosser...