MySQL Trouble

[Toly]

Hello,

I'm trying to setup Mysql on my pc, i already installed it and executed the command:

c:\mysql\bin>mysqld

but i get the following error message:

"Can't initialize InnoDB as 'innodb_data_file_path' is not set"

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Pweb]

Try to re-install it, then go to MS-DOS, access the "bin" folder and type mysqld, if you are using NT or Windows 2000, start it as a service...

[Toly]

I did... but still getting the same error message.

[cupid]

When installing with innoDB support, you need to specify configuration options within my.cnf,
namely, 'innodb_data_file_path' in order to run it..

The following will give you a run down on what needs to be done:

http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/n/InnoDB_start.html

[tscratch]

Hey Toly,

Try running mysqld-opt instead of mysqld this is the default program during the set-up on windows.

Same Toly from DR?

[Toly]

Hey Thirdeye,

yeah i'm the same from DR, haven't been there in a while though..... there server has been down for several days i think. Take care.