I'm trying to do a fresh reinstall of MySQL and I removed it from the Add/Remove Programs and tried to find any loose files like my.cnf which I could never find, but I made sure to delete the old mysql directory. But I go to install again and not only is there no spot on mysql for putting in users like one of my old installations, but it doesn't even ask me for a new password. Some please help.:(

To complete an uninstallation on Windows you need to

1. delete the file C:/winnt/my.ini.
2. remove mysql ODBC DSNs from the ODBC applet under Administrative tools.
3. remove the mysql related lines from the c:/winnt/odbc.ini
5. reboot server.

I don't see anything related to MySQL in the ODBC. Why?

It might have been removed with the usuall uninstall script.

I also noticed that when I use the MySQL Admin GUI tool something isn't showing up that use to. If I were to go to the processes/connection I'd see ODBC there, but now it doesn't with the new installation and when I'd go to the available databases I'd see two from a fresh install which were; "test' and "mysql" which I believe the mysql has grant tables for the users. Is that right?

Before my laptop got wiped I had run IIS and then switched over to Apache and it still showed on that with no problem. What am missing here that's causing these problems? Am I installing anything differently?

Another question; which version of MySQL would be best for a Apache 1.3 and PHP 4.3.8?

Originally posted by Arsalan
2. remove mysql ODBC DSNs from the ODBC applet under Administrative tools.

I looked in the ODBC after installation and never saw it there in the DSNs? Why?

http://www.ceres-station.com/images/mysql-missing.gif

Where's the mysql database for users and grants?


http://www.ceres-station.com/images/mysql-dir/

The directory is there... help!!!

Please some! Can anyone explain this???

Have you tried using a MySQL php script to add databases and what not? And to sometimes get the databases to display correctly in the MySQL icon you have to close it down and restart it and a list of crap like that. Usually tho you will always get the correct responses and displays with a script developed for controlling it.