Re: Starting a new database in MySQL (Newbie)
Yes, that's right, MySQL has several GUI tools; the Administrator I think you are referring to is one of them. No, the command line client is not required to run MySQL. It's just a very simple client, that seems to connect in most circumstances.
I was asking this for a specific reason, but never mind about that now.
As for the host: you trying to connect to the mysql instance on you laptop, right? then host should be: localhost
As for the port, if you did not change this at installation time, this should be the default port: 3306
Now, after installation, there's only one user which has the username: root
You can specify the password for root when installing MySQL, so, you probably know best what the password is.
If youre still not lucky, first make sure your MySQL service is running (you're running windows, right?). You can reach that from Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services. There you should find some service who's name probably starts with MySQL, but you can specify the exact name during installation. If you did that, you would know best what the service is called.
Hope it helps...