From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-07-01T05:44:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Database stuff!

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Justin To <tekmc@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, thanks for the help.
>
> I've been reading mysql.com, but I can't even seem to test if the server
> is running.
>
> I type this in the Windows command prompt:
> C:\> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld" --console
> [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-server-first-start.html]

Still don't know much about MySQL, but maybe you need to run mysqld-nt.exe.

Todd