Where do I put database and...?

[sophia]

Please may somebodytell me where do I put a database on the local mac server. I've got it runnin' but I can't achieve a connection with the DB.
Maybe the database itself is non properly done.
I did a ddump from my ext. server (I can't install ZEN because of permission's settings limits and I need to be sure that I can have ZEN working before evaluate a server migration to unix or lnux platform (the present one is on Windows and they told that I can't change permissions in the way ZEN installer requires

Maaybe somebody of yours - very very kind - has got a small DB with psw and username already setted, to try and test my installation?
Or even few info on how to set user and psw on a database?

Thanks a lot

sophia

[canopy]

Hi Sophia,

After starting XAMPP, use your browser and navigate to http://localhost/phpmyadmin and import your ext server's database dump into your local machine.

After that edit the settings in both your configure.php files to point to your local database, etc.

[sophia]

Thanks Canopy
Trying to do what you told me (openin' phpMyAdmin) I've got this message:

• Error: 2002 (CR_CONNECTION_ERROR)
  Message: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '%s' (%d)

(actually the message was in italian :)
Do you know what does it mean? I mean: how may I try to fix that?

(any problem opening phpSQLiteAdmin, but it doesn't seem to suit the job you told me to get the dump database connected)

sophia

[canopy]

Which version of XAMPP do you have installed? You have also started Apache and MySQL also?

[sophia]

Which version of XAMPP do you have installed? You have also started Apache and MySQL also?

XAMPP is 0.6.1 version.
I started everything... but it sounds like MySQL doesn't ... don't understand why
I've had problems with sqLIte, then I switched to php 4 and then it worked.

What do you think about it?

sophia

[canopy]

Post the exact error message you see when you attempt to start up your XAMPP installation here.

Something like:

Starting XAMPP for MacOS X 0.6.1...
XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP4)...
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP for MacOS X started.

Btw, have u installed a previous version of XAMPP or another software package with MySQL running before?