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Development Tools Database Foundations Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench Installing MySQL Server and Workbench on OS X

Posted by ninyo
ninyo
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I'm having trouble with the setup

I already have MAMP already set in place and it works perfectly, now from what I understand since MAMP is installed, that means I have MySQL already installed with it along with Apache and PHP (hens M A-M-P).

Here's my situation:

  1. What I'm having confusion with starts right from the webpage as the oracle website has already changed its layout, but I did manage to install MySQLWorkBench and that should be fine. So basically, I'm assuming I skip installing MySQL since I have MAMP, correct?

  2. While i'm still not sure what I'm doing with the installations, I opened up Workbench and immediately I notice it doesn't match the video, but all I need to find is a way to navigate to My Server Instance from the Server Admin panel and I can't find it.

  3. I then follow this link: "http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-getting-started-tutorial-admin.html" and I'm told to connect to the MySQL server and it says I can't connect to the server (my MySQL is running from MAMP). Does this mean I have to do any configuration changes from the MAMP software?

Connecting to MySQL server ...
Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (61)
  1. I'm completely lost in what my next step is... I hope anyone can help.

THANKS!!