Comments on: Googling the Obscure Technical Answer http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/17/googling-the-obscure-technical-answer/ Alan Levine's blog space for barking about instructional technology Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gardner http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/17/googling-the-obscure-technical-answer/#comment-6206 Gardner Fri, 26 May 2006 12:33:20 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/17/googling-the-obscure-technical-answer/#comment-6206 You should consider buying a <a href="http://www.bluehost.com" rel="nofollow"> Bluehost</a> account (or equivalent) and using their GUI to manipulate some of this stuff--although I certainly understand the value and painful pleasure of doing it from scratch. You should consider buying a Bluehost account (or equivalent) and using their GUI to manipulate some of this stuff–although I certainly understand the value and painful pleasure of doing it from scratch.

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/17/googling-the-obscure-technical-answer/#comment-5523 D'Arcy Norman Thu, 18 May 2006 15:22:57 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/17/googling-the-obscure-technical-answer/#comment-5523 oh, and the mysql.sock location mismatch would have killed any PHP app, including PHPMyAdmin, and of course Drupal. You've already solved it, so all PHP+MySQL stuff should run fine now... oh, and the mysql.sock location mismatch would have killed any PHP app, including PHPMyAdmin, and of course Drupal. You’ve already solved it, so all PHP+MySQL stuff should run fine now…

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/17/googling-the-obscure-technical-answer/#comment-5521 D'Arcy Norman Thu, 18 May 2006 14:52:44 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/05/17/googling-the-obscure-technical-answer/#comment-5521 I usually just create a symbolic link from /usr/mysql/mysql.sock to /tmp/mysql.sock and it works fine without tinkering with the config files. It's a silly thing that started being required a while back. For MySQL editing, definitely check out "CocoaMySQL" - it's a native app that lets you modify the database and data, without mucking about in a web page or command-line mysql prompts. Also, there's the new "MySQL Administrator" app provided by MySQL directly. It's a separate download, but is sucking less than ever before. And, for Drupal, you need to run the "database.4.1.mysql" script, even though you have 5.x installed. Have fun with Drupal! I usually just create a symbolic link from /usr/mysql/mysql.sock to /tmp/mysql.sock and it works fine without tinkering with the config files. It’s a silly thing that started being required a while back.

For MySQL editing, definitely check out “CocoaMySQL” - it’s a native app that lets you modify the database and data, without mucking about in a web page or command-line mysql prompts. Also, there’s the new “MySQL Administrator” app provided by MySQL directly. It’s a separate download, but is sucking less than ever before.

And, for Drupal, you need to run the “database.4.1.mysql” script, even though you have 5.x installed.

Have fun with Drupal!

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