First: please do clarify for us what OS you are using. Second: check that you really can connect to the MySQL server directly... if not, then deal with that first. Third: ... Over to you, Dave... MySQL server issues are really not my bag... Mark Iry Witham wrote: > >Mark, > > I have done this and get an error message that says: > > 'failed to connect to mySQL server: Can't connect to MySQL server on > localhost <10061> This will not work unless we can get root access > to the database. Please correct the above errors and try again.' > > Why do I get this error? > > Iry > > >Dave, correct me if I am wrong: > > > >the script is in the Admin folder. It is called init_db.pl > > > >M > > > > > >Iry Witham wrote: > > > >> Good Morning, > >> > >> I am at the point of installing Genquire and the instructions > >> tell me that if I plan to run a local database I must be the MySQL > >> root user. It says to unpack the files into my final working > >> directory and run the install script. The problem is, What is the > >> file name for the install script? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Iry > >> -- > >> Iry T. Witham > >> Technical Support Specialist > >> Mouse Genome Informatics > >> The Jackson Laboratory > >> 600 Main Street > >> Bar Harbor, ME 04609 > >> > >> Phone: (207)288-6744 > >> Fax: (207)288-6131 > >> E-mail: itw@informatics.jax.org > >> iwitham@mac.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Genquire-users maillist - Genquire-users@bioinformatics.org > >> http://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/genquire-users > > > >-- > >-------------------------------- > >"Speed is subsittute fo accurancy." > >________________________________ > > > >Dr. Mark Wilkinson > >Bioinformatics Group > >National Research Council of Canada > >Plant Biotechnology Institute > >110 Gymnasium Place > >Saskatoon, SK > >Canada > > -- > Iry T. Witham > Technical Support Specialist > Mouse Genome Informatics > The Jackson Laboratory > 600 Main Street > Bar Harbor, ME 04609 > > Phone: (207)288-6744 > Fax: (207)288-6131 > E-mail: itw@informatics.jax.org > iwitham@mac.com -- -------------------------------- "Speed is subsittute fo accurancy." ________________________________ Dr. Mark Wilkinson Bioinformatics Group National Research Council of Canada Plant Biotechnology Institute 110 Gymnasium Place Saskatoon, SK Canada