Re: Problem with New Connection

[Kevin Rowe]

The workbench tool isn't very good. I'm going to assume you're in Windows since you can't make a proper sentence. I'm going to also assume that English is your second language since you are bothering to read the tutorial. Luckily, none of that matters except that in Windows you can check to ensure MySql is running by going to the services manager and ensuring that the service is running. Unluckily, the actual name of the service may have been altered depending on which installer you used so you may need to look awhile for the exe. If it's running then you'll want to try to connect using the command line. Try running this command:

?> mysql -u root

If you get a 'command not found' error you probably haven't added the mysql executable to your %PATH% environmental variable. If you don't know what that is give up and save everyone some time by jumping off the highest building you can find.