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MySQL problems with Drupal install

Hello,

I'm trying to install a Drupal package called Prosepoint, and when it gets to the setup screen where you enter database information I get the following error :


Failed to connect to your MySQL database server. MySQL reports the following message: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2).


I've created a new database and entered the name correctly. Help is greatly appreciated.

Browser: Firefox 4.0

OS: Windows 7 64bit

Re: MySQL problems with Drupal install

A quick google search finds a couple of threads that may be of help. Bravenet specific:
http://pub24.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2055467258&frmid=4&msgid=819959&cmd=show
and from the Drupal site:
http://drupal.org/node/149959

What are you using as the database hostname?

Browser: Mozilla Firefox 3.6.*

OS: Windows 7

Re: MySQL problems with Drupal install

I did check out the Bravenet site for previous Drupal posts and that didn't solve my problem. However the second link did just the trick. It was really just a problem with the settings.php file.

Thanks for the help!

Browser: Firefox 4.0

OS: Windows 7 64bit